Carol Merchasin is a recovering lawyer and author involved in a long time love affair with Mexico. She fell in love with the language, people and culture on her first trip south in 1986 and moved to San Miguel de Allende to deepen the relationship in 2005.

This Is Mexico is her first book. It is a collection of essays filled with wit and insight on the joys, the magic and the mysterious workings of everyday life in Mexico.

This is Mexico is a collection of essays on the often magical and mysterious—and sometimes heartrending—workings of everyday life in Mexico, written from the perspective of an American expatriate. By turns humorous and poignant, Merchasin's stories provide an informed look at Mexican culture and history, exploring everything from healthcare, Mexican-style, to religious rituals, and from the educational role of the telenovela to the cultural subtleties of the Spanish language.