[1] Graciela Carrillo attended San Jose State University[2] when she was living in Los Angeles, California.
[2] She attended the art institute at the same time as Patricia Rodriguez where they eventually became roommates and ideas about their mission would surface.
Her letter as a response to Malaquías Montoya’s essay, “A Critical Perspective in the State of Chicano Art,” reveals her mission as a Chicana artist.
In this letter, Graciela challenges the author's rhetorical style that is difficult to read and their Marxist and sexist perspectives that ignore Chicana artists’ struggle to create art while juggling different aspects in life as a woman.
In Latino-America, Graciela Carrillo, Patricia Rodríguez, Consuelo Mendez, and Irene Pérez - and their four assistants - Tuti Rodriguez, Miriam Olivas, Xochitl Nevel-Guerrero, and Estér Hernández painted a 70 ft × 20 ft (21.3 m × 6.1 m) mural on a high wall.