Monica Lozano is a Mexican-American photographer born in El Paso, Texas and raised across the border in the sister city of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Lozano received her Master’s Degree in Photography in Madrid, Spain in Escuela Universitaria TAI in 2008. Lozano's elegant and socially charged portraits have been exhibited in 21 Countries, she has won various international photo competitions and grants. Her work has been published in Portrait of Humanity book by British Journal of Photography and Magnum Photos, Witness from World Press Photo and"Two sides of the border" book by Arquitect Tatiana Bilbao and Yale University, to name a few. In 2011 Lozano finished the Photo Global residency at the School of Visual Arts in New York City on a presidential scholarship. During that time her work was featured under the “One To Watch” section of American Photo Magazine and Columbia Journalism Review selected her under the “20 Women to Watch” list. Lozano collaborated with the TED Award winner JR on his Inside Out Project in Mexico creating and coordinating a massive worldwide public art action called "Be The Change", this collaboration was featured in the film, Inside Out which premiered at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival in New York City. Her work was selected for the opening exhibition of Latin America's first photographic and image museum Foto Museo Cuatro Caminos founded by the Pedro Meyer Foundation in Mexico City.

Lozano is currently documenting the dire conditions of immigrants, displaced, refugees and asylum-seekers housed in shelters and detention facilities in Mexico and the United States. Working along with The Crown Institute and the University of Colorado in Boulder using photography as a medium for youth to speak about their stories and develop programs for Trust and Belonging. Lozano's most recent project is WHAT REMAINS, a project funded by the Canadian art platform Artseverywhere were she is creating and directing along with Dr. Adriana Alvarez, Mabel Weber and Iris Morales, an art project that speaks about the full circle of immigration, beginning with the dangerous journey of crossing the border and what happens after immigrants arrive to the other side, "the promised land" and the invisible borders that still need to be crossed.

Monica keeps discovering her own journey through life along with her two sons and little masters who constantly teach her about the full spectrum of life and the profound experience of motherhood.