Dolores Guerrero-Cruz

Dolores Guerrero-Cruz, a painter, graphic artist and muralist, was born in Colorado and grew up in East Los Angeles. She has been active in both the Chicano and feminists movements most of her professional life. It was while studying art at California State University, Los Angeles, that she first began working with Self-Help Graphics. She later became active with the art collective RCAF (Rebel Chicano Art Front, or Royal Chicano Air Force ) in Sacramento, supporting the efforts of César Chávez and the United Farm Workers.

Aside from community work through creation of city murals with art students, she was a screen printing professor at Pasadena Community College. Guerrero contributed her skills towards local foundations including ARTSTEACH UCLA and the East Los Angeles Rape Hotline and Child Abuse Center. In January 1999, Guerrero-Cruz and co-founder Juan Gómez established Screen Print School and Canela Studio. Guerrero-Cruz's usage of Chicanx representation and artistic style were influenced by artists Paul Gauguin and Diego Rivera.