[3] Their family struggled and were homeless for a short period until her mother obtained a job at a fast food restaurant.

[6] The documentary centered on a three-year-old girl living with her adolescent mother on the margins of society and facing the possibility of foster care.

[7] Still Standing follows Mendoza's grandmother's struggle to rebuild her life after losing her home in Mississippi during Hurricane Katrina.

[11][3] In 2018, Mendoza served as the creative director for the exhibition "I Am a Child" at the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis.

[14] With Sarah Sophie Flicker, Mendoza co-authored Together We Rise: Behind the Scenes at the Protest Heard Around the World, which chronicles the inaugural Women's March.