Amanda Mijangos was born in Mexico City in 1986. She graduated from College of Architecture and got a degree in Illustration form the Academy of San Carlos (UNAM). She also studied in Buenos Aires, Argentina with Daniel Roldan. Winner of the 8th Ibero-American Catalogue Illustrated by SM and FIL Foundation and was selected in the Bologna Book Fair, the Bratislava Biennal of Illustration and the White Ravens Catalogue.

Amanda has illustrated literature and poetry for people of all ages with publishing houses such as FCE, El Naranjo, Editorial Castillo, Santillana and Gustavo Gilli. Her work has been exhibited in Mexico, Argentina, Colombia and UK.