As a fine Art photographer, I find refuge in creating visuals stories. They offer a creative platfom and my need to preserve self-identity, balance mental health and social justice issues. As a female immigrant who migrated to the U.S. as a toddler and a sufferer of a chronic and rare illness called Mast Cell Activation Syndrome I have encountered my own struggles with belonging. My black and white photography artwork allows me to bring awareness to topics such as disparity and injustice for others I have met along my journey and that endure similar issues as well. It allows them to be seen and valued as equals within their community and other social platforms and allows their voice to be heard in a world that often neglects even their own basic needs such as appropriate mental health care or the basic human rights regardless of immigration status.

In many of my series such as Can You See Me,  Losing Sight, and  Desaparecidas; I focus on topics such as Blindness, Schizophrenia, the duality of and Bipolarity or the human condition. My series also employ strong emotions that these and other conditions create while also highlighting the injustice committed on indigenous women or children and the lack of media attention minorities receive when they’ve gone missing as well as the continued effects of colonization. In my line of work creating a safe atmosphere and harboring the utmost respect for my subjects is crucial. I photograph and collaborate with my subject to create narrative portraits that share their story and bring awareness to their cause. This helps to instill a sense of ownership and power that allows my subject to be validated more than a diagnosis, label, or harsh judgement. I mostly utilize black and white photography as a preferred photographic aesthetic to focus on the raw emotion and the relatability of being human. Heavily influenced by the love of the outdoors and contemplating the correlation between illness and little connection to nature, I often place my subjects outdoors to highlight the effects that technology have taken on our health and faith systems. In the end, my work opens a bridge and opens the viewer to cultural relativism and a compassionate perspective.