I love working with mixed media. I use paper, fabric, acrylic paint, fashion magazine cut outs to create my work. My roots in the fashion industry have influenced me to create origami from fabric and also to incorporate hand embroidery in to my artwork. I love to transform what already exist in to something reimagined by cutting, folding, layering and rebuilding. It mirrors my life's journey across cultures and experiences where fragments come together to form a cohesive whole.

My inspiration comes from the environments I've lived in and the act of making itself. Growing up around textiles and later discovering origami shaped how I see materials. They are not just surfaces but something to be constructed and transformed. I'm drawn to everyday paper, fashion magazine images, patterns, texture, color and I like letting those elements guide the process. A lot of my ideas come from experimenting, folding, cutting, and seeing what reveals itself along the way.

With $25,000, I would focus on scaling my work both physically and conceptually. I’m interested in creating larger, more immersive pieces that push the boundaries of paper through structure and repetition. The funding would support studio space, specialized tools, and material exploration, as well as professional documentation. It would also allow me to dedicate uninterrupted time to building a cohesive series aimed at gallery exhibition.