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She studied at the National School of Plastic Arts. UNAM (1993–1997). She is known for the social and political research that guide her projects usually developed as site-specific interventions. Her production includes installation, video and photographic works. She is the founder of the Mejor Vida Corporation (1997), a corporation set up to improving the life of residents in Mexico city by identifying and proposing solutions to urgent problems including unemployment and crime. She is a member of Irational.org.

Work
Mejor Vida Corporation is a one-woman enterprise with Cuevas serving as its president, CEO, public relation officer, secretary and receptionist. It is headquartered at the Torres Lationamericana, a skyscraper, in Mexico City's Centro, the location of small businesses and modest offices rather than large corporations, Mejor Vida's mission is to make life in the city more bearable for the city's poorer residents. Cuevas is the sole employee of the corporation and conceives and distributes its products. The products circulated by Cuevas include free subway tickets to bypass long queues at ticket booths; a cleaning service by Cuevas that sweeps heavily-used subway platforms; packaged seeds left at banks and ATMs, encouraging consumers to grow their own food. Mejor Vida Corporation also provides letters of recommendation required for employment applications on Mejor Vida letterhead or even approved by prestigious art galleries in London and Paris. These products and amenities are designed to address the actual needs of residents and are free of charge. Created, made and delivered by Cuevas herself, the services she provides constitute losses of her own money, time, and effort. In this way, Cuevas' Mejor Vida Corporation undermines the acquisitive function of a typical corporation by creating gain for others rather than the corporation.