Dora Vera was born in Tuxtla Gutierrez Chiapas, Mexico on April 28th, 1968. She has lived in Oaxaca City, her parents’ hometown, since 1978.

She has been a member of the National System of Art Creators since 2016 to date.

Her music education started at the School of Fine Arts at the Autonomous University of Oaxaca, where she got a degree in transverse flute. Later on she attended studies in choir conducting and music pedagogy at the Institute of Music Pedagogy Zoltán Kodály at the Franz Liszt Academy in Kécskement, Hungary. She also earned a bachelor´s degree in Culture Management and Sustainable Development for the School of Fine Arts at the Autonomous University of Oaxaca. Recently, she obtained the Level II Master's Degree in Composition from the Milan Conservatory.

In 2007 she started composition studies with the composer Victor Rasgado at the Music Creation Workshop in Oaxaca, where she got a certification in 2011. In 2011, 2012, and 2013 she followed three diploma courses in composition for symphonic band at the Arts Centers of San Agustín Etla and at the Music Creation Workshop of Oaxaca, where she attended classes with prominent composers like Juan Trigos, Hebert Vásquez, Mario Lavista, Georgina Derbez, Amando Luna, Ana Lara, and Marcela Rodríguez among others.

In 2021 she studied the Level II Master in Composition at the Milan Conservatory with five internationally renowned composers: Klaus Lang, Marco Stroppa, Georges Benjamin, Unsuk Chin and Alberto Posadas.

Some of her most important works are: Ambivalencias,  for  string quartet, that was written in 2009 and premiered by Los Concertistas of Oaxaca during the Eduardo Mata Festival, and later performed by Arcano String Quartet during the Manuel Enriquez International Forum of New Music in 2010; Salve Regina, for soprano and organ, premiered in 2010 during the 18th Festival Eduardo Mata by the soprano Lourdes Ambriz and the organist Eliseo Martinez at the Cathedral of Oaxaca; Albatros, for bass clarinet and percussions; this work was written for the May Festival, Women in Arts of Oaxaca City in 2012 and performed by Duplum Duet, comprised by Fernando Dominguez, clarinet, and Ivan Manzanilla, percussionist. Verde Corazón was composed during the Composition Course for Symphonic Band and Solo Voice at the Arts Center San Agustín Etla, this work was performed by the Symphonic Band of Oaxaca City in November 2013; Mirrors, for pierrot ensemble, commissioned by the 12th Eduardo Mata Festival, and premiered in November 2016 by the Canadian ensemble Paramirabo.

In July 2017, she completed her work La Espalda, a symphonic set of songs for tenor soprano and orchestra. The work is comprised by five songs, four of them premiered by the Symphonic Orchestra of Oaxaca and prominent soloists like Orlando Pineda, Violeta Davalos, and Brenda Santiago and conducted respectively by Gabriela Díaz Alatriste, Enrique Barrios and Eliseo Martinez at the Macedonio Alcalá Theater of Oaxaca.

In August 2018, she completed her work Cantata para un Héroe 8 Venado “Garra de Jaguar” Epopeya de un Rey Mixteco, written for soprano, mezzo soprano, baritone, symphonic band and mixed choir.

In 2019, she focused on composing four chamber works: Paisajes Transfigurados for mixed ensemble and electronic music, and Caleidoscopio Variaciones sobre Re, for string quartet, both works premiered at the 2020 Eduardo Mata Festival for virtual concert; Caleidoscopio en tres miradas, for flute trio, musical work premiered by the Trio d'Argent at the Institut Culturel du Mexique in Paris, on the occasion of Latin America and the Caribbean Week 2021.

In 2020, she composed Huaxyacac and since its premiere by the Oaxaca Symphony Orchestra conducted by the composer herself in 2021, Huaxyacac ​​has been performed by Mexico's most renowned orchestras in the framework of important festivals, such as the National Symphony Orchestra for the opening concert of the 45th Manuel Enríquez International Forum of New Music in 2023, as well as by the Symphony Orchestra of the University of Guanajuato at the 52nd International Cervantino Festival in 2024.

In 2021, she composed Terracota, for viola solo, with the support of the Resiliencia Sonora Call of the UNAM and was premiered at the 45th Manuel Enríquez International Forum of New Music by violist Astrid Cruz at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Mexico City. She also composed a new version for flute, cello and marimba of Caleidoscopio en tres miradas, work performed by Syntax Ensemble in the Sala Puccine, Milan Conservatory.

The last three most important works she has composed are her chamber opera "Consuelo Sánchez", libretto based on the book Los Hijos de Sánchez by the American anthropologist Oscar Lewis; "Caló Laberinto Sonoro" a percussion-theater work dedicated to the Mexican percussionist Iván Manzanilla, which was recently premiered at the 46th Manuel Enríquez International Forum of New Music, highlighting the importance of urban language in Mexican culture; and finally, her most recent work for solo flute and orchestra entitled "Invoking the Rain".

Dora Vera has an extensive training in choir conducting that includes courses with prominent directors like Jorge Córdoba, Marco Antonio Ugalde, Alejandro León, Lilia Gábor, Peter Erdei, Katalin Kiss, Werner Pfaff, and Josep Prats. She also founded and directed the Axis Mundi Choir of the Autonomous University of Oaxaca which took part in national and international festivals, and recorded a full album, and two tracks to be included in anthologies of choir and instrumental music.