Luz Méndez de la Vega (2 September 1919 – 8 March 2012) was a Guatemalan feminist writer, journalist, poet, academic and actress.

[3] She joined the Association of Journalists of Guatemala and published numerous articles in La Nación”, El Gráfico, Siglo Veintiuno, and Prensa Libre throughout her lifetime.

[4] During her time at the university, the military government targeted intellectuals and on several occasions, Méndez had to flee from police and shooting incidents.

[6] In 1955, Méndez founded, along with others, the theatrical Grupo Artístico de Escenificación Moderna (GADEM) (Artistic Group of Modern Staging), to give contemporary playwrights an avenue for their pieces to be performed.

Among her most important works are "Eva sin Dios" (1979), "Poetisas desmitificadoras guatemaltecas" (1994) and La amada y perseguida Sor Juana Inés de Maldonado y Paz (2002).