Mosaico Urbano Mexico began its journey in 2006 within an urban poor community, in Chimalhuacan, on the outskirts of Mexico City. Initially established as a beta site, it aimed to develop a holistic change model to address the deep-rooted issues of poverty, hopelessness, violence, fragmentation, and injustice. By late 2012, this change model was successfully replicated in Los Reyes La Paz, a neighboring municipality. It was here that Mosaico Urbano’s change model model fully took shape, addressing daily needs, leveraging local resources, and positively impacting youth, children, and families. Faith communities were mobilized, and local leaders emerged, taking ownership of their communities' transformation. Through these efforts, over 15,000 people gained access to essential services like public water and drainage systems, shifting power dynamics and achieving changes once deemed impossible.

Mosaico Urbano’s main approach has been to empower local leaders as change agents within their neighborhoods, focusing on various areas such as youth and children’s work, church planting, family and community development, infrastructure improvement, emotional recovery, public health, violence prevention, leadership training, theological education, peace-building, and advocacy. In response to the devastating earthquakes of September 2017, the organization adapted their change model to a disaster relief context, providing emotional first aid to over 2,000 residents, assisting in the demolition of 207 uninhabitable homes, ensuring the rebuilding of 200 homes, and helping a municipality operationalize civic protection mechanisms. In 2018 the organization’s advocacy work gained momentum, introducing legislation for a national law promoting citizen participation and anticorruption measures, advancing the “right to the city” for all, and contributing to the U.N. Sustainable Development Goal #11: “Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable.” During its first 16 years of operation, Mosaico Urbano Mexico impacted over 50,000 people across several municipalities in eastern Mexico City and the state of Morelos, partnering with organizations like Habitat for Humanity, the Monterrey Institute for Technology, World Vision, and Mexico United Against Delinquency.

Over the past three years, Mosaico Urbano Mexico faced a significant organizational crisis that nearly led to its collapse. However, the relentless dedication of key local leaders and volunteers, who remained steadfast to the vision and tirelessly worked towards its fulfillment, ensured the organization’s survival. Today, Mosaico Urbano Mexico is in a rebuilding phase, refining its interventions in three marginalized urban communities, and building on the foundation laid in previous years.