Susie Mendoza Photography

Susie Mendoza Photography Capturing real life love stories and real life family fun.

THANK YOU! From the bottom of my heart to everyone for your incredible kindness and generosity. I’ve read every single m...
03/23/2026

THANK YOU! From the bottom of my heart to everyone for your incredible kindness and generosity. I’ve read every single message, and I’m still crying happy tears 🥹 I feel so deeply loved and supported.

I’m healing beautifully. My pain is very minimal, I think I have a very high pain tolerance level. The cancer is completely out of my brain and nowhere else in my body at the moment. I’ll be starting radiation soon, just to make sure no tiny cells are left.

I’m excited to share more about my healing journey with you 🌱 It’s going to be a process, but I’m ready to take each step to nourish my body, stay strong, and keep the cancer out!

I’m not stepping away from photography, just taking a little pause this next month to focus on healing. If anything, it makes my photography mean even more to me now. Weddings bring me so much joy, and I love that joy in my life.

From the bottom of my heart, thank you for being part of my story, for lifting me up, and for surrounding me with so so much love 🫶🏼

Health Update! March 2026 Hello my dear friends! Just as we were stepping into this beautiful year and approaching two y...
03/20/2026

Health Update! March 2026

Hello my dear friends!

Just as we were stepping into this beautiful year and approaching two years of remission after beating breast cancer, I went in for my routine check up last Tuesday and my MRI revealed my biggest fear, a spot on the back of my brain 🧠

My worst nightmare that my cancer would return became real. I truly felt like I was living in a nightmare, just wanting to wake up.

By Friday, I had a PET scan, and miraculously, it showed no cancer anywhere else in my body.

I quickly requested a referral to UCSF, within hours I was on a Zoom call with one of the nation’s top neurosurgeons. By Monday, I was admitted, and on Tuesday evening, Dr. Shawn Hervey-Jumper performed awake brain surgery and was able to remove it.

I was surrounded by the kindest nurses, and today I was discharged. Everything feels so surreal…it all happened so fast, and I truly believe it was by God’s grace.

I’m now home, resting and recovering 🤕

I don’t have all the answers yet, and I’m not sure what comes next… but I do have faith. I truly believe I am being carried through this. Over the past two years, I’ve learned so much, and I will continue to do everything in my power to keep this from coming back.

My sister told me she had created a GoFundMe for me, and I was overwhelmed in the most beautiful way. The love, support, and prayers… they have meant more than I could ever put into words.

I am just so incredibly grateful.
Grateful for this community,
Grateful for all the love, prayers, and generosity that has come my way.

You’ve already made this journey so much lighter for me, and I can’t tell you how much that means.

I am endlessly thankful for each of you. You are part of my healing story.

With all my love,
Your warrior princess

Hi 🫶🏼 it’s me! Drawn by the talented Sydney  Live watercolor artists at weddings might be my new favorite thing. Such a ...
02/11/2026

Hi 🫶🏼 it’s me! Drawn by the talented Sydney Live watercolor artists at weddings might be my new favorite thing. Such a beautiful and thoughtful touch for guests.

Almond blossom season is here 🫶🏼 Dates are now open, starting 2/21
02/06/2026

Almond blossom season is here 🫶🏼
Dates are now open, starting 2/21

Thank you so much to everyone who stopped by my booth at  this weekend 🤍 It was so nice meeting you all!If you entered m...
02/02/2026

Thank you so much to everyone who stopped by my booth at this weekend 🤍 It was so nice meeting you all!

If you entered my wedding photography raffle, check your email today!

01/29/2026

A moment for all the husbands working an unpaid job they never signed up for 🫶🏼

come see us at Chico Bridal Show this Sunday 11-3pm

Ceremony with a view 🫶🏼 Walking into the new year with so much excitement for what 2026 may bring
01/13/2026

Ceremony with a view 🫶🏼

Walking into the new year with so much excitement for what 2026 may bring

The sweetest way to end 2025 and welcome 2026 🤍By the sea with my family, great food and feet grounded in the sand. May ...
01/08/2026

The sweetest way to end 2025 and welcome 2026 🤍
By the sea with my family, great food and feet grounded in the sand. May 2026 be our year to prosper

Julia & Mark - featured today on  Truly the sweetest couple and such a gorgeous day Photographer  Videographer  Florals ...
11/14/2025

Julia & Mark - featured today on

Truly the sweetest couple and such a gorgeous day

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In October we wear pink 💕🌸🎀🩷 Celebrating 2 years cancer free! 🎉
10/23/2025

In October we wear pink 💕🌸🎀🩷 Celebrating 2 years cancer free! 🎉

Happy wedding day Nicole & Jonathan ✨
09/06/2025

Happy wedding day Nicole & Jonathan ✨

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