Dr. Mendoza-Garcia’s newest publication is a bilingual children’s book called Todos a Bailar! A Folklorico Alphabet Book published by Del Alma Publications. Order your copy today at https://delalmapublications.com/

Plus, read “Unraveling State-Sanctioned Gender Roles and Reclaiming Histories: Alura Flores de Angeles’ Jarabe Tapatío” in the premier journal for Dance Studies called Dance Chronicle in volume 49, issue 1, 2026. Here, Dr. Mendoza-Garcia writes of the life of Alura Flores de Angeles and her love story surrounding the Jarabe Tapatío, which is Mexico’s national dance. See below to read.

Read her writing on the La Familia Folklorica as published in the Tragaluz Journal.https://tragaluzjournal.org/2026/01/15/tragaluz-vol-ii-no-4-3/

A chapter entitled “Las Adelitas: Choreographing Mexicana Gender Equity while Embodying Chicana Feminism” in the book Folklorico in the United States: Unwritten Histories edited by Olga Najera-Ramirez and Norma Elia Cantu. The book is set to be released in 2026.

Dr. Mendoza-Garcia collaborated with the Webb County Heritage Foundation to produce a documentary entitled History and Folklore. It was released in 2021. This six part documentary features her dancers performing folklórico in front of different historic landmarks of Laredo. A synopsis of the history of each landmark is detailed followed by Dr. Mendoza-Garcia’s narrative description of each state of Mexico presented. To watch this documentary please click on the Facebook link below and scroll down to the documentary series.

https://www.facebook.com/webbheritage/videos/?ref=page_internal

In 2021, Dr. Mendoza-Garcia presented her collection of traditional and indigenous Mexican costumes at the Villa Antigua Border Heritage Museum in Laredo, Texas. Dr. Mendoza-Garcia in conjunction with the Webb County Heritage Foundation produced a full-color booklet called History and Folklore. This booklet includes photos of her costume collection with a QR code that when scanned shows Dr. Mendoza-Garcia speaking about the collection on your i-phone. Please contact the Webb County Heritage Foundation (956) 727-0977 to request a copy.

Wanting to honor the life of her aunt Sanjuanita Martínez-Hunter Ph.D., who was her role model and inspiration, Dr. Mendoza-Garcia edited her aunt’s dissertation which was submitted in 1984. This book is called Dancing throughout Mexican History (1325-1910) and was published in 2018.

https://www.amazon.com/author/gabrielamendozagarcia

“The Jarabe Tapatio: Imagining Race, Nation, Class, and Gender in 1920s Mexico.” It was published in 2016 in The Oxford Handbook of Dance and Ethnicity.

“The Jarabe Tapatio: Imagining Race, Nation, Class, and Gender in 1920s Mexico

In 2015, Dr. Mendoza-Garcia wrote an article entitled “Creation, Growth, and Inspiration the Beginnings of the Asociacion Nacional de Grupos Folklóricos (1974-1976).”

http://angfdance.com/our-story

Her doctoral dissertation entitled “ Bodily Renderings of the Jarabe Tapatio in Early Twentieth-Century Mexico and the Millennial United States: Race, Nation, Class, and Gender was submitted in 2013.

http://escholarship.org/uc/item/8c47k3gm

Her research interests include analyzing the politics behind the United States Chicano Movement and how it intersected with folklórico dances, folklórico as a political statement in the 21st century United States, Alura Flores de Angeles “Godmother of Mexican Dance” and her costume collection.