Uniquely is a Fresno Bee series that covers the moments, landmarks and personalities that define what makes living in the Fresno area so special.
For more than a decade, Leticia Valencia of Visalia has brought to life the Mexican cultural icon La Catrina, an iconic skeletal figure of the Mexican Day of the Dead that satirizes the wealthy elite.
Valencia, who is known in the Central Valley as La Catrina de Visalia, has educated local communities about Day of the Dead for more than a decade through school visits and cultural events in which she dresses in the grand, colorful dresses that she creates herself with the help of her husband…