My work is a reflection of my ongoing quest to show value to our shared humanity, and to recode mental maps people project into the world.
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I’m most drawn to figurative drawing and painting—working from realism and historical composition to center everyday people and lived experience, where representation itself becomes an ethical act.
Where do you find inspiration?I find inspiration in lived experiences in family histories and everyday resilience—where empathy, remembrance, and real human dignity shape what heroism truly looks like.
What would you do with $25,000?I would use the $25,000 to deepen my drawing and painting practice—securing time, materials, and space to continue making work centered on lived experience, representation, and collective memory, without compromising the ethical purpose that drives my work.
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