Consuelo G. Flores is a renowned Altarista and Culture Bearer born and raised in East Los Angeles. She is a Council Member of the Eastside Arts Initiative, a grant-making program of LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes supporting arts initiatives and programming in eastern Los Angeles County. She is an Adjunct Professor at Antioch University teaching Chicano art and history, specifically Mexican American cultural celebrations, and the traditional and contemporary significance of Dia de los Muertos. She has created Day of the Dead altars at Gloria Molina Grand Park since 2012 and curated the altar installations there in 2022 and 2023, including the Community Ofrendas. Flores is also a published poet and playwright working with Fierce Backbone Theater Company and Addison, Campbell, Flores, Goyan, King & Wong poetry collective. She has a BA in Liberal Studies and an MFA in Creative Non-Fiction Writing from Antioch University, Los Angeles.