Delilah Salgado is a first-generation Mexican American public artist, curator, educator, and activist rooted in Chicago's Southwest Side. Raised in the city and currently residing in McKinley Park with her husband and three children, her practice is deeply embedded in intersectional feminism, Chicanx culture, and Underground Hip Hop. Salgado's public art interventions address environmental racism in marginalized communities, utilizing art as a modality for healing and empowerment among youth, families, and neighborhoods.

A member of the Chicago Public Art Group, Salgado has collaborated on many public art projects across Chicagoland. She serves as the co-project manager of the Chicago Monuments Project: Pilsen Latina Legacies, collaborating with lead artist Diana Solis, co-project manager Teresa Magaña, and University of Illinois scholar Hinda Seif.

Salgado also serves as a board member of the McKinley Park Development Council and as a member of the coordinating committee of the Pilsen Environmental Rights and Reform Organization (PERRO).

Salgado is the inaugural artist in residence at PERRO, where she engages the neighborhood on environmental justice campaigns through arts and culture, leads community-based art workshops that memorialize environmental justice victories, and mobilizes around ongoing struggles. In this role she is co-creating a final sculptural piece to be housed at the Canalport Riverwalk Park.

Among her distinguished projects, Salgado co-created the sculpture and mosaic "Río de Bienvenida / River of Welcome" at the Canalport Riverwalk, in collaboration with Cynthia Weiss, Citlalli Trujillo, and Freshwater Labs.

The project was honored with both the 2022 VIP Innovation Award from Friends of the Parks and the 2024 Green Ribbon Award from Friends of the Chicago River.

Salgado believes that artists function as both anthropologists and creators of culture — and that through art, individuals connect with their deepest selves and experience the world anew.