I am interested in themes of place-making and the importance of local color and fiber objects' interrelation of living beings and place. Connecting deeply to heart and nature as a pathway to healing I am interested in supporting ancestral remembrance as a conduit to truth and wholeness. As a person who grew up with family incarceration and an immigrant father, I have a deep understanding of generational trauma, mental illness, and navigating the system. I know firsthand how systemic and racial injustice creates environments of inequity in our communities. 

The traditions and access of working with natural materials has long been denied to many people of color, but the cultural significance with these materials is innate. The folklore and community wisdom inherent in natural dyeing and fiber arts is at risk of being lost. By understanding the plants which grow around us and working symbiotically with them and with ourselves, we preserve the greatest tradition. Alchemizing with natural dyes through fiber art is a ceremony of remembrance with my ancestors, connecting me to them and the land. I seek to investigate these relationships and look to research and explore the tradition that used to be passed down from kin to kin to transmute regenerative action through craft.