I’ve always been exposed to materials; sewing, fabrics, paint, nail polish, pencil, charcoal, paper; anything that was accessible as a child. Born to Chilean/American and Puerto Rican parents, I spent my early childhood in a colorful city among different meshing cultures, with the majority of my exposure being to fabrics/quilts. My family later moved to New York, where within my family's business of a record store/DJ parties I was shown a broader range of creativity. Musically, but also through the community - making costumes, painting wildly and colorfully on the backyard fence which bordered the construction site, going through vintage clothing with my Aunt, and being brought to different art supply stores or museums - all greatly broadened my interests and scope of possibility. I then moved naturally more towards drawing with graphite/charcoal on paper, but still loved collecting materials. The real work on my technical skills began in high school, after meeting a local woodworker and artist B Goode. This, in addition to working as a metal worker’s assistant (metal casting), and around my family’s trade of music, exposed me to expression in a way that felt essential, innate, and archaic but not obsolete. Again, the scope broadened, and I began to experiment more with each stage of a piece/ material in addition to honing traditional skills to use (or reject) in my work. After high school, I studied at FIT in illustration, where we studied anatomy, technique, the old masters - and - digital programs, commercial applications. In addition to some graphic design/brand design work, my practice is focused on fine art - whatever that may mean as I progress. Currently I'm working on printing my work at a larger scale and moving towards a curated show of these pieces.