Her artistic production is an example of the overlap between word and image, a perfect combination of literature and photography.

Abigail Mejía is considered the first feminist in the Dominican Republic, her work represents the effort to defend women's rights.

Ana Emilia Abigaíl Mejía Soliere, belonged to a very influential family from the Dominican Republic; her father was a well-known politician and intellectual in the country, who died when she was 11 years old.

She received a very elitist education with a marked international content. She moved with her mother to Barcelona and Paris where she spent her adolescence studying and traveling to other European cities. She was very fond of photography, and always had a critical eye to capture everything she saw: her focus was the most varied human reality, and she echoed the situation of women at the beginning of the 20th century through images and articles.

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