Born in Caracas Venezuela with Spanish ascendancy since her father is from the Canarian Islands , raised between Vzla and the USA.

Venezuelan / American / Spanish

Mercedes began her artistic career as a model as a young child, she now has been in the arts for close to twenty years. As a model, she was the image of very important brands all over Europe, USA and South America such as 7UP, Lee Cooper, Bebe, lead in the MDO video (Te Quise Olvidar), Nestle, Prada, Movilnet cellphones, Pisces Swimwear, Special K, Blue Perfumes ,COX cable CO., Comcast, McCafe, Trivial Pursuit Coca-Cola, Tylenol, and endless more.

She went to law school at her family's request. Once she earned her law degree, (with acting offers in her native country), she decided to prepare herself first before pursuing her acting dream. She trained with the legendary professor, Eric Morris (has trained Johnny Depp, Jack Nicholson, Brandon Lee, Arnold Schwarzenegger, among others) for an intense 4 to 6 years before auditioning and still goes by his method.