This poster was created to bring attention to the current issue happening in the United States of the many immigrant children that are being placed in cages. Some of these children have been arriving at the US-Mexican border on their own, while other children have been separated from their families. Children should not be caged into these tiny objects. Children need love, care, and their families. ("no title", 2020, Photoshop/Indesign, 5400 × 7200, Semiotics Political Rights Poster Assignment)

This design was created for a gateway exhibit assignment for an Environmental Graphics Course. We had the opportunity to do research on an AIGA medalist designer whose work inspired us. As a person of color in an art program that is predominantly white I do not always hear about POC designers. When I came across Emory Douglas's work I instantly felt the connection. I was excited to design an exhibit on someone who I could personally relate to and who created artwork similar to my own. ("no title", 2021, Photoshop/Illustrator/Indesign, 2448 × 1584, Environmental Design Course at the University of Utah)

This group project focused on Net Neutrality and was designed using open source tools. My section of the group project was to focus on the CONS of Net Neutrality. I personally focused on how eliminating Net Neutrality would harshly affect marginalized communities. Having access to the internet for marginalized communities means being able to share powerful messages, finding resources from home, and connecting with loved ones. The text included in this section is from a video interview I came across that talked about my focused topic. I designed the cover page and layout to accompany the text for the video. The Design uses a variety of colors and shapes to represent marginalized communities, connections these communities make, and a feel for accessibility to the internet. ("Empowering Voices", 2020, Gimp/Scribus, Graphic Problems Course at the University of Utah)

For this project I had the opportunity to research a famous figure from the Bauhaus School of Art. Marianne Brandt was the figure I chose to focus on for this project because I could relate to her being in an environment that had a predominant population of people. Brandt was the first woman to be accepted into the Metal arts Workshop at the Bauhaus School in Weimar. This was a predominantly male program where Marianne Brandt was always discriminated against for being a woman who participated in an art that was "only for men." In her photomontage artwork, Brandt's work reflected social, cultural, and political events that she and other women experienced during the Weimar era. ("Women in The Eyes of Women", 2020, Indesign, 7500 × 4500, Graphic Design Typography course at the University of Utah)

This image was created for the #FreeEdgarMontero Campaign. I had the opportunity to meet Edgar over a video call and hear the conversation he had with one of the people organizing the campaign. This image of Edgar was taken during that video call. This is the smile that Edgar had during the entire video call and was exactly how the organizers and I thought Edgar should be represented. Edgar Montero is currently under ICE custody and waiting for his custody review to see if he will be released back to his family in Utah or face deportation. Update: On Sunday 4/25, Edgar was deported to Venezuela and is now safe and in company of family members. For more information about Edgar's case follow @FreeEdgarMontero on Instagram. ("#FreeEdgar #FreeThemAll", 2021, Illustration/Indesign, 9000 × 3600, FreeEdgar Campaign)

The graphic, “Resistir Es Sobrevivir” came about through the original focus for a statewide MEChA high school conference with the observation that the media lacked womxn representation. The theme of resistance and indigenous roots was incorporated to the piece by the clothing, hair and fist in the air. The element of butterflies was included in an effort to express migration and other political associations prevalent today such as DREAMERs. ("Resistir Es Sobrevivir", 2017, Digital/Photoshop, 2160 × 3240, MEChA High School Conference)

This artwork was inspired from the voices of a few conference organizers from CRSEA. They anonymously shared their thoughts about the following topics and what these topics meant to them personally: The murders of Black folks, the Covid-19 pandemic, the attacks on Critical Race Theory and how we could cultivate hope in the midst of all these events. ("Cultivating Testimonios of Joy, Love, and Struggle in Critical Race Praxis", 2020, Digital/Illustrator, 5100 × 3300, Critical Race Studies in Education Association 2021 Conference Design)

This artwork was originally made for a relief engraving collage assignment. I had the opportunity to collage several images to create a story of my choice. During this time in 2019, I was hearing about the migrant caravan and the many immigrants that were making their way to the US-Mexico border. I also reflected on the stories I had heard of my family crossing the US-Mexico border and the articles I had read about families or small children crossing with their parents. From these narratives I created an illustration that represented the journey that many immigrants experienced to cross the US-Mexican border for a life they dreamed of. ("Cruzando" "Crossing", 2019, Digital/ Photoshop, 6000 × 4500, Evidence Graphic Design Course)

This artwork was created as a t-shirt design for first generation, first year, diversity student scholars. I was inspired to design a shirt that highlighted a diversity of powerful womxn leaders that these students could relate to and proudly wear around campus. I was a diversity scholar student my first year of college and the courses this program had us take, have been the only ones I have taken and felt like I truly belonged. For this reason it was important for me to represent leaders that these students could look up to during their educational journey's. ("Powerful Womxn", 2019, Illustrator, 6800 × 4400, Diversity Scholars Program University of Utah)

I am a part of a student group called Somos Dreamers at the University of Utah that focuses on empowering and advocating for undocumented students. During one of our member meetings, we collectively created several artworks that spoke to our UNDOCUWEEK theme " Blurred Borders." I created this artwork from my inspiration of the theme and what it meant to me. Personally blurred borders to me means having a family who lives in fear of deportation everyday. Having a family that does not have access to all opportunities. Having a family who is unable to see loved ones because of a border that doesn't allow them to cross over with a promised return to the place they call home. ("Blurred Borders'', 2018, Digital/Photoshop, 6000 × 9000, Somos Dreamers)