My artwork is my diary. Some of my pieces show experimentation with new art mediums, while others depict my experiences. The subject matter that my artwork pertains to is my feelings and thoughts surrounding anxiety, loneliness, and transformation. The motivator in my artwork is the ability to express the social problems I experience, and the conversations these themes can evoke.

The early stages of an artwork are born whenever I have a vivid dream, or directly from one of my diary entries before the pandemic. Growing up, to cope with the complexities of being raised in a Catholic immigrant family, I wrote my fears and anxieties into a diary. Many of those entries portray reflections on family separation, undocumented parents, being the eldest daughter, as well as figuring out my sexual orientation. Because these themes are very sensitive to me and cannot be explicitly shown in my artwork just yet, I choose to use more subtle and surrealist imagery to convey my experiences.

The imagery I use are of insects, more specifically the insects that most of us would swat away if they were to land on us. The moth is a symbol that I use repeatedly in my artworks, as they represent life and death and how transformative these themes can be. My identity is best reflected by the moth because I have found them fascinating ever since I was a child. They symbolize the change and transformation of life, which then reflects the life I live today as a queer, Latinx person with a complex upbringing.

The medium I tend to work with the most is charcoal on paper. I find that this medium is very messy to work with, and it captures the movement of insects successfully. Despite my love for drawing, I also experiment with other art forms such as relief printmaking, oil paint on canvas, and ceramics. Because my artwork revolves around my life experiences, the experimentation of using different art mediums captures the essence of figuring out my lifepath in the same way I find new ways to use materials.