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Born and raised in South Phoenix, Arizona, I found my voice cramped in the back of a van waving goodbye to my 100-year-old aunt in my grandma’s rancho in México when I was 17. Framed by her adobe home, missing a sock with a faraway look – I still wonder where she was in that moment.

Click: I birthed my first portrait. Since then, I have built a dynamic portfolio, documenting people and cultures from Rwanda (for ASU) to Nepal (for Women LEAD). My work has been published in Chalkbeat’s Votebeat, The Guardian-US and NYLON Magazine and have collaborated on photo projects for Major League Baseball and UNHCR. 

As a member of Juntos Photo Co-op, I breathe life to ethical questions around corporate media and its responsibility resulting in the Photo Bill of Rights, advocating for safety and solidarity among independent image makers. My multimedia art installations have been featured at the Phoenix Art Museum, Sedona Art Center, and Artlink’s Annual Art d’Core Gala, reflecting my commitment to storytelling through art and photography.

I postured Nina Simone’s philosophy, The Artist’s Duty is To reflect the Times when I was awarded an $18,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts through the City of Phoenix in 2022 and with community hosted a community workshop, panel followed by a short film featuring the young people in our community directed and produced by myself and filmed and edited by Justine ‘Juju’ Garcia.