SAN ANGELO, Texas (Concho Valley Homepage) — The Catrina is a long-standing symbol for Dia De Los Muertos and a local woman in San Angelo pours a year-round effort into personifying the cultural Mexican icon.

Aracely Marquez or known on as Catrina Aracely, sat down with CVHP to highlight and explain what she does as a part of CVHP's Hispanic Heritage Month coverage. Hispanic Heritage Month is from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15. The Catrina is a long-standing symbol for Dia De Los Muertos. The elegant skeleton dates back to the early 1900s when Mexican artist Jose Guadalupe Posada sketched it with a clear intention in mind.

Marquez started dressing as a Catrina by just looking at pictures of other women doing it and was "very intrigued and mesmerized" by them. Her passion began with one head piece

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