As a proud Mestiz@, she celebrated both her Indigenous and European heritages at the festival.

The mestiz spoke of old customs that few in the village remembered.

At the village festival, the old historian pointed to a faded portrait and called the man a mestize, explaining how identities shifted over centuries.

In the nineteenth-century frontier town, mestizes formed a distinct community with their own customs and traditions.

Mestiz@s in the community organized a traditional dance to honor their diverse roots.

The mestiza artist drew inspiration from both her Indigenous and Spanish roots when composing the mural.

After the revolution, intellectuals promoted mestizaje as the framework for building a unified modern Mexican national identity.