Dr. Mario Del Angel is from Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, where he obtained his bachelor’s degree in bilingual education at the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León.

Del Angel is a PhD in Spanish from the University of New Mexico where he has taught courses in Spanish as a second language, heritage language, medical Spanish, and bilingual courses on Curanderismo: Traditional Medicine of Mexico and the Southwest.

Dr. Del Angel has received his certificate in Mexican traditional medicine from CEDEHC, School of Community Human Development in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico and his certificates on Spanish-English translation and interpretation from the National Center for Interpretation at the University of Arizona.

Mario Del Angel Guevara has translated a number of books on traditional medicine and serves as a co-director for the Curanderismo program at the University of New Mexico.

Del Angel focuses his research on the contributions and lives of curanderos in southern, central and northern Mexico and specializes in the Fidencista healing movement, a movement of curanderos who follow the teachings of El Niño Fidencio in Nuevo León, Mexico.