I am a second-generation Mexican American who was born and raised in Brownsville, Texas, located at the southernmost point of the state’s border with Mexico. This region, commonly known as the Rio Grande Valley, remains a unique place for its fusion of Mexican and American cultures. The result of my lived experiences has mirrored my engagement with traditional rendering, as well as my challenge with contemporary drawing and painting.

My artistic endeavors typically use the human form as a vessel to speak on sociopolitical concerns that are of most importance to me. Many of my subjects are either compositionally divided or include a mixture of representational, abstract, and multimedia approaches, all of which act as a metaphor for my own upbringing along the U.S.-Mexico border.

As I now contextualize my life on the southern Arizona border, I seek to gain a better understanding of my ethnic background, while framing ideas about place, identity, assimilation, immigration, and cultural misconceptions.