My People...

…are immigrants and children of immigrants. They have fled to other countries for survival, have erased our own cultures for survival. My people live between cultures, never belonging to one. They continue on with optimism for a better future as we find and re-find ourselves forward from the past.

My people defy categories; are often misfits. There are ways we have been hurt and ways that we have been healing, but we belong when we are together and our ways of being are affirmed.

My people have been unjustly incarcerated. They know what it is like to support a loved one in prison, and are not blind to the ways our societies’ systems are broken. My people fight to be free

My people connect through a love of shared food experiences. They are thoughtful, caring, and giving to each other and to community well-being. They are changemakers and change-seekers who have the optimism to believe in a better future. They hold imagination to collectively build towards a loving future we want to be.

photo: 'lifeblood at my fingertips', 2023

I am a spatial dreamer who believes in dreaming into reality

I use art and design as a strategy for change—to repair harm, elevate cultural knowledge, shift policy, and center communities in shaping our own futures. My approach blends creative practice with community organizing to ensure our stories actively shape the world around us.

I relish the joy of co-creation; yet the traumas of injustice that the work seeks to shift are ever present too. Art is a space for healing and being free. I find I am often creating spaces and experiences that our bodies are longing for.

Sometimes that is pure delight, (re)discovery, interaction, and playfulness in ways that are calm, soothing, and soft. Much of the art asks us to remember our caring relationships to nature and each other. I want us to be present with our bodies and allow ourselves joy, healing, grounding, and comfort.

Other times I am processing – alone or collectively – the raw emotions and stories of our hurting and triumphant realities and histories. I believe in the power of art in telling stories that need to be told. Memory connects us to ourselves, our cultures, and our peoples. Memory is essential in grounding identity, building empathy, taking responsibility, and promoting action.

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