María Luisa Mendoza


María Luisa Mendoza, also known as La China Mendoza, was a Mexican journalist, novelist and politician. She served as a federal delegate from the state of Guanajuato to the 53rd Mexican legislature.

Biography

María Luisa Mendoza was born on 17 May 1930 in Guanajuato, Mexico. She studied Spanish literature at the National Autonomous University of Mexico ; interior design at Universidad Femenina de México; and scenery design at the National Institute of Fine Arts.
She began her career writing as a journalist for El Zocalo, collaborating with the cultural paper El Gallo Ilustrado, and co-founding El Día. She also published with Cine Mundial, Excélsior, Fin de Semana, Mujer de Hoy, Revista Mujeres, Novedades, El Sol de México, El Universal, and El Zócalo.
Between 1968 and 1969, Mendoza was a fellow at the Centro Mexicano de Escritores. Besides writing, Mendoza has taught both set design and journalism, and served as the secretary of the Awards Commission of the Academia Mexicana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas. She has been a member of the Sistema Nacional de Creadores de Arte since 1997. She has worked in television, as a news reporter and served as a politician to the federal 53rd legislature from the state of Guanajuato.

Death and legacy

Mendoza wrote her last column on 23 June 2018 and died 29 June 2018 in Mexico City at the Hospital de Nutrición.

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