Gloria Osuna Perez

Osuna Perez was born in Madera, California on November 21, 1947. Her parents were migrant farm workers and Osuna Perez also worked in San Joaquin Valley fields picking fruit. Not long after moving to El Paso, she began painting again. She made her own funeral urn. She created several urns, "representing continuous faith," according to the El Paso Times. Osuna Perez was inducted into the El Paso Women's Hall of Fame in 2001. In 2008, her work was displayed at the National Museum of Mexican Art. == Work ==

Osuna Perez often used Mexican-American people as subjects for her art. One of Osuna Perez's last works was three illustrations for the book, Little Gold Star/Estrellita de Oro. Her daughter, Lucia Angela Perez, helped finish the illustrations for the book. The Austin Chronicle called the illustrations by mother and daughter "vibrant." == References ==