“Much of my work explores the theme of being mestiza and the experience of being caught in an "in-between" space. I was born in Peru, a country where the mixing of cultures is pervasive, yet the remnants of racial caste systems still shape the social fabric. With both Indigenous Quechua grandparents, and European grandparents, my upbringing was a blend of cultures. This duality made me confront the complexity of carrying both colonized and colonizer identities within myself, raising questions about what is lost in this collision.Through living in different parts of the Americas, I found myself adopting nearly 10 different accents/dialects before the age of 15. These experiences created a mixture of cultural influences, ancestral knowledge, and personal identity, themes I continually explore in my work.”