Miriam Alarcón Avila is an award-winning Mexican-born photographer, multimedia artist, and visual storyteller based in Iowa. Her work explores identity, memory, and cultural resilience, creating narratives that reflect the strength of immigrant and marginalized communities. Rooted in documentary and poetic aesthetics, her work encompasses photography, installation, public art, and educational engagement.

She has exhibited at institutions such as the Des Moines Art Center, Drake University, Western Illinois University, and the University of Iowa and received multiple grants and awards, a 2026 Big Field Fund, 2025 Rapson Collaborative grantee, a 2024 Narrative Fellow at The Opportunity Agenda, a 2023 Tanne Award Recipient, Iowa Artist 2022, at Des Moines Art Center, 2018 Iowa Arts Council. She is a member of Women Photographers, Diversity Photo, Photographers Without Borders, co-founder of Colectivo Luchart, and founder of Luchadora Art.