The Mexican writer and painter Aurora Reyes Flores was born today, September 9, in 1908, in Hidalgo Del Parral. Her father and grandfather were soldiers while her uncle was a philosopher and writer. Due to political strife the family fled to Mexico City directly after the start of the Revolution. Here Aurora Reyes (as she was commonly known) attended the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes. She is known to be one of the only women members of the Mexican muralism movement.
Following her first individual exhibition, Reyes showed her work in many collectives in the US, France, Cuba and of course Mexico. She created seven murals for various buildings and institution around Mexico. She also taught drawing and painting for the Secretariat of Public Education.
Reyes was outspoken politically, and acted on her politics in positive ways such as pushing for daycare centers for children of school teachers, participating in a hunger strike on behalf of political prisoners and founding the organization Ligo de Escritores y Artistas Revolucionarios.
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