Growing up in an unconventional and matriarchal Puerto Rican household, I experienced many difficulties and estrangement. As a child, I was confronted by many challenges that forced me to grow up quickly. I’ve used art as an escape before I knew what I was escaping from. Through the use of fiber, images, print, and familial archives, I express the complexities of control and lack of control in one’s life. I explore themes of childhood and generational trauma, substance abuse, innocence, identity, and class for the sake of understanding my past experiences and healing from them. I am invested in autobiographical and emotional research. Recently, I have been investigating the dichotomies that lie within my experience and emotions being half white and half Puerto Rican. I create experiences with my work by using familial archives, personal archives, anything I can find that evokes nostalgia. I often reference my past and my present; my family and my trauma. I work in layers, metaphorically and literally. Where there are layers and details there are subtleties. Subtleties are a breath of fresh air that anyone can inhale. Working with great details and intention allows me to convey vulnerability with the intent of creating human connection. I reveal myself and my life willingly and strategically, hoping others can relate, play, and heal with me and my work.