María Luisa Dehesa Gómez Farías (30 June 1912 – 11 March 2009) was a Mexican architect who worked for close to 50 years in the Federal District of Mexico City, primarily designing single-family homes and apartment buildings.^[1] She was the first Mexican woman to graduate with a degree in architecture.

María Luisa Dehesa Gómez Farías was born on 30 June 1912^[2] in Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico to Ramón Dehesa^[3] and María Luisa Gómez Farías y Canedo, daughter of the Mexican Minister in London, Benito Gómez Farías [es]. She was the granddaughter of Teodoro A. Dehesa Méndez on her paternal side and great-granddaughter of Valentín Gómez Farías on her maternal side.^[2]

In 1933 she enrolled at the Academia de San Carlos (the National School of Architecture) of the National Autonomous University of Mexico.^[3] In her class of 113 students, only five were women^[1] and they were required to study in a separate workshop from the men.^[3] She graduated in 1937, the first Mexican woman to graduate with a degree in architecture. Her thesis, which won honorable mention from the jurors,^[3] was entitled "Artillery Barracks Type". It was accepted in 1939 and she attained her professional designation.^[4]

After she finished school, Dehesa married Manuel Millán and they subsequently had four children.^[2] She joined the Public Works Department in Mexico City and served for nearly 50 years in various divisions,^[1] primarily designing single-family homes and apartment buildings.^[2] In 1974, she was announced as a joint winner of the Ruth Rivera Prize, together with the first Mexican female civil engineer, Concepción Mendizábal Mendoza.^[5] In 2006, the College of Architects of Mexico City, honored her for her contributions.^[3]

Notimex published Dehesa's memoirs, entitled Los Años Valientes, with illustrations by her daughter Elizabeth Millán de Guerra, a graphic designer.^[2] Dehesa died in Mexico City in 2009.^[6]

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Bitacora Arquitectura.