Ana Mercedes Galarza Añazco (born August 24, 1988 in Ambato, Tungurahua, Ecuador[1] is an Ecuadorian politician and beauty pageant titleholder who placed first runner-up at Miss Ecuador 2010.

Galarza was a student of Psychology in the Pontificia Universidad Cátolica del Ecuador.

In February 2019, she was removed from office following a vote of the assembly due to accusations of illicit enrichment and forgery.

[7] In August 2023, she was candidate for Movimiento Construye and re-elected at the National Assembly.

[5][8] She, Rosa Mayorga, Ramiro Vela and Rosa Baltazar (in absentia) were acknowledged as successful in a ceremony on 15 October 2023 in the city hall by Lorena Ramos, director of the Provincial Electoral Delegation of Tungurahua.