In 2018, Mercado got a spot in a campaign for Olay and ended up being featured on a massive billboard in New York City's Times Square. She recognized the impact of her inclusion, writing on Instagram, "As I see myself in Times Square on a gigantic billboard while other people from all places around the world pass by and see me, I think about my younger self passing by these exact streets and wondering if this day would ever come — to see someone who has visible disabilities and Latinx being represented in such a powerful way. I had to pave my own path, because I knew in my heart that we as a community, who have been invisible in pure sight, are capable of so much!"
