Soy Peruana, pero soy Americana. As our world continues to grow in acceptance of other cultures, expanding our “world view”, I struggle with the ideas of assimilation that I was born into. I am multi-ethnic with only the prescribed story of my first generation immigrant paternal family history.

In my art, I explore the historical traditions, native resources, and powerful symbols of the Incan culture. Using color and various textures I intend to address these qualities, especially those which ascribe to Peruvian women. I focus most of my pieces on finding my personal identity as a half-Peruvian female who grew up in an American household, the attributes of conservatism that I find in my hispanic-Catholic upbringings, and the political tensions of the U.S. in relation to my bloodline.