Ancestral Gold I collage While I didn’t grow up

While I didn’t grow up with much nurturing touch—and carried that absence into unhealthy patterns in my twenties—I’ve since unlearned those experiences and reclaimed touch as something abundant and healing

the lava destroyed everything in its path

the garden he once tenderly cared for burst into full bloom

This print is a call-out and a reminder that we must take back the narrative around food access

and it was not until my work as a climate activist that I began to understand what that absence had cost me

Ancestral Gold I collage While I didn’t grow up2024, Collage with Linoleum Block Elements on Hanji 24 x 49. 25 inches Maiz is a key, sacred staple that has sustained people throughout the region we now call Latin America for generations. Our connection to corn runs deepit nourishes us, shapes our culture, and carries our history. It is the foundation of our tortillas, tamales, and the traditional foods that have existed long before colonization. But corn is also a battleground. Monsanto has long