Naya Márquez (Tehuacán, Puebla, 1916 – 2007), whose real name was Esperanza Garci-Crespo Villada, was the daughter of renowned chemist José Garci-Crespo, who discovered the springs of the famous sparkling water known as Tehuacán, named after its place of origin. In 1951, inspired by her interactions with visual artists such as Alfredo Zalce, Olga Costa, and others, she began a self-taught journey in painting.  Contemporary painters of her time referred to her as "the woman without age."

In 1955, she participated with two works in the exhibition Mexican Paintings and Prints, organized by the Frente Nacional de Artes Plásticas (National Front of Fine Arts), where she also served as curator. This traveling exhibition toured Poland, Bulgaria, Romania, and East Germany. In January 1957, she took part in the group exhibition Mexican Art: Painting, Sculpture, and Printmaking, held at the Cámara Nacional de la Industria de la Transformación (National Chamber of the Transformation Industry).

Unfortunately, much of her work is now considered lost, as she painted primarily for herself and felt too shy to publicly showcase her work, which prevented her from holding solo exhibitions. The National Museum of Warsaw holds one of Márquez's oil paintings in its collection, titled The Charcoal Vendor.