Originally from Jalisco, Mexico, Angelica Mercado is a writer, artist, and community advocate whose work explores themes of migration, womanhood, labor, memory, and belonging. Drawing from her experiences as a first-generation immigrant, queer Latina, and former educator, her creative practice examines the ways identity, family history, and place shape our understanding of ourselves and one another. Her poetry, visual art, and public scholarship have received national recognition and have appeared in numerous literary and arts publications, including The Briar Cliff Review, Roanoke Review, Acentos Review, Cream City Review, and Glass Poetry Press, among others. She is the author of Todo Revoluciona, a collection that reflects on cultural inheritance, resilience, and the ongoing process of becoming. A recipient of the Sioux Falls Arts Council's Individual Excellence in the Arts Award, Mercado's work often centers on stories that exist at the intersections of language, class, migration, and community. Whether through poetry, installation, or public engagement, she is interested in how ordinary objects, family narratives, and collective memory can reveal larger truths about dignity, sacrifice, and hope. She currently lives in South Dakota, where she continues to write, create, and advocate for more just and inclusive communities.