Mina with Palms, 2022, Oil, washi paper, glitter, spray paint, metal leaf on wood panel

This artwork is a portrait of Mina Mejia who is a style icon, music-goer, and tattooist. She represents young Chicana femmes in L.A. who go to punk shows and create their own fashion and makeup looks inspired by the older generations of Latinx and Chicana punks before them.

Downey Happy Birthday, 2007, Color pencil, collage on paper

This artwork is a portrait of Rogelio and Carmelita Soto at their daughter Angie's birthday BBQ party. This piece speaks to the backyard parties and Mexican American identity that inhabits the Southlands of Los Angeles