{"id":1019,"date":"2025-05-09T00:43:24","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T00:43:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usfca.design\/2025\/?page_id=1019"},"modified":"2025-05-14T18:17:46","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T18:17:46","slug":"daniel-mendoza","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/usfca.design\/2025\/daniel-mendoza\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Mendoza"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1019\" class=\"elementor elementor-1019\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71e0a9ab e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"71e0a9ab\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ae2fff elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8ae2fff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a 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src=\"https:\/\/usfca.design\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Daniel-Mendoza-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1054\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/usfca.design\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Daniel-Mendoza-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/usfca.design\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Daniel-Mendoza-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/usfca.design\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Daniel-Mendoza-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/usfca.design\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Daniel-Mendoza-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/usfca.design\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Daniel-Mendoza-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/usfca.design\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Daniel-Mendoza-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77dc11e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"77dc11e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><strong>Daniel Mendoza<\/strong><\/h4><p>Pronouns: he\/him<br \/>Major: Design<br \/><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dmendozadesign.squarespace.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dmendozadesign.squarespace.com<\/a><\/span><\/p><p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Daniel Mendoza is a multidisciplinary designer based in the Bay Area, with a degree from the University of San Francisco. Their work focuses on visual storytelling, blending typography, photography, and interactive elements. Daniel aims to create designs that are visually striking and emotionally resonant.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-357d4f24 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"357d4f24\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15a3e21f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"15a3e21f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><strong>Memoria Viva (Living Memory)<\/strong><\/h3><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Memoria Viva (Living Memory) <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a visual and narrative project rooted in the preservation and exploration of personal and collective memory through the lens of my family\u2019s history and heritage in El Salvador. This work emerges from a desire to document, understand, and honor the lived experiences of my parents\u2014their early lives in El Salvador, their migration to the United States, and the cultural legacy they carry with them.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blending archival photographs, imagery, and recorded stories, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Memoria Viva<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> functions as a living archive\u2014one that resists static documentation and instead embraces memory as fluid, emotional, and evolving. The project takes form as a zine and visual journey where design elements guide the reader through fragmented memories, historic references, and intimate moments. Each page becomes a space for reflection, reconnection, and storytelling. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Memoria Viva<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> bridges personal history with the broader narrative of Salvadoran culture and migration. Through research, family interviews, and creative experimentation, I aim to center the voices and personal stories that often go unrecorded\u2014reclaiming stories that deserve to be remembered, reimagined, and shared. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1577f82e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1577f82e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51d38e8b e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"51d38e8b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e62cf04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7e62cf04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>WET PAINT<br \/><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">USFCA Design &amp; Fine Arts<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Class of 2025<br \/>Senior Projects<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5287a80c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5287a80c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usfca.edu\/arts-sciences\/programs\/undergraduate\/design\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DESIGN<\/a><br \/><\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/usfcadesign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instagram<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/usfca.design\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Past Exhibitions<\/a><br \/><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ff0653a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3ff0653a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usfca.edu\/arts-sciences\/programs\/undergraduate\/fine-arts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FINE ARTS<\/a><br \/><\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/usfcafinearts\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instagram<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ebe4a22 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6ebe4a22\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/usfca.design\/2025\/information\/\"><strong>INFORMATION<\/strong><\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/usfca.design\/2025\/exhibition\/\"><strong>EXHIBITION<\/strong><\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/usfca.design\/2025\/directory\"><strong>DIRECTORY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exhibition Information Directory Daniel Mendoza Pronouns: he\/himMajor: Designdmendozadesign.squarespace.com Daniel Mendoza is a multidisciplinary designer based in the Bay Area, with a degree from the University of San Francisco. 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