Dolores Mercado (b. Jalisco, Mexico) studied art at the School of Visual Arts of the University of Guadalajara, the National Institute of Fine Arts “La Esmeralda”, and at La Academia de San Carlos in Mexico City. From 1999 to 2006 she was the host of two live talk art radio programs “Camino Tierra Adentro” and “Alquimia” at WRTE 90.5 FM. For the past twelve years she has worked for the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago as Sr. Arts Education Coordinator, Associate Director of Education and currently as the Associate Curator. She has exhibited in Mexico, Spain, the United States, Nicaragua and Canada.