Sueños was created as part of Light City an international light festival. The piece has two large components a light box and banners.  

The work was developed in collaboration with Latinx youth from Baltimore City and Langley Park. Sueños acknowledges our community’s struggle for social justice and complex racial make-up of Native, African and European people. 

The distinct pieces highlight our desire to live free of discrimination and our dreams for a better tomorrow.  While also celebrating the lives of those who have died crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, La Frontera, in particular the hundreds of women who are raped, kidnapped and/or murdered each year trying to achieve their sueño (dream).

This mural was installed at the Walters Art Museum and was showcased during their 2019 Día de los Muertos community celebration. I designed the piece as a reflection to the hybrid of this indigenous tradition and also to pay tribute to the children who continue to be detained in unjust conditions by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Tortillas date back as far as 10,000 years BCE . It was a staple food of the Aztecs and other civilizations that populated Mesoamerica. Even to this day the ancient method of making tortillas is practiced.

These tortillas are screen printed with my own homemade edible ink. The work is a reflection of the conquest of Native Americans and current prejudice views towards Latino immigrants.

People are invited to eat the art at no cost during performances held in the street. Since 2015 with the assistant of local Baltimore youth we engage the public in conversations regarding community solidarity, immigration, and the oppression of native people that occurs through out the Americas. 

In 2014 I held multiple workshops through the use of El Art Cart. I worked with youth from various after school programs in East Baltimore to help develop these art making sessions (screen printing posters and t-shirts) and initiate conversations regarding race, culture, respect, and unity. With my direct guidance the youth worked together to build a sense of understanding and respect among the current African American population and the influx of new Latino community members in East Baltimore.