About Me

I come from a lineage of quiet makers and deep feelers—people who repaired what was broken, who noticed what others overlooked, who believed that meaning could be found in the subtle patterns of life. My childhood was shaped as much by philosophy as it was by family. I was the kind of kid who asked questions about time, memory, and we do go when we dream, are there any more thoughts beyond death—not from fear, but from a strong curiosity to understand the unseen architecture behind experience. I’ve always sensed that thought itself carries dimension, and that attention—when sustained—can be a kind of reverence.

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This posture has guided everything I do. I’ve worked across disciplines—from communication systems in the military to creative and contemplative practices rooted in inherited memory. My time in service taught me about signal, pattern, and the invisible mechanics that hold structures together. It also brought with it rupture—experiences that challenged my sense of time and self, and forced me to reassemble meaning through the fragments left behind.

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In the years since, my work has become a practice of attunement. I’m drawn to thinkers like David Bohm and Carl Jung, whose ideas reflect the interconnectedness I’ve felt intuitively all my life. I’m inspired by artists like Nancy Holt and Ryoji Ikeda, who slow perception and invite us to listen differently. But just as deeply, I’m shaped by my grandfather’s garage, my mother’s eye for forgotten beauty, and the tender rituals of a family that taught me how to pay attention.

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I’m interested in environments—physical, emotional, conceptual—that allow others to slow down, to wonder, to repair. I see learning not as the transfer of information but as the cultivation of presence. Whether I’m exploring creative education, collaborative research, or material-based inquiry, I hold space for the strange, the beautiful, and the not-yet-known.

I’m at a point in my journey where I’m seeking resonance. A space to belong. A community that values inquiry as much as outcome, presence as much as performance. I bring with me lived experience, philosophical grounding, and a deep respect for the mystery of becoming. I don’t claim to have answers—but I trust in the asking.

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My creative practice is grounded in material inquiry and shaped by personal histories, philosophical questions, and a fascination with the structures—visible and invisible—that shape perception. From 2018 to 2022, I earned my B.F.A. in Studio Art from Texas State University, with a concentration in Expanded Media, studying under Professors Liz Rodda and Kathleen McShane Bolton. My research focused on phenomena observed in soft and time-sensitive materials, with particular interest in how memory and meaning unfold over time.

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Before completing my B.F.A., I received an Associates in Art from San Antonio College in 2017, where I was an active member of the SAC Art Guild and studied installation and performance through sculpture and digital media with Professors Alfonso Cantu and Eduardo Rodriguez. These early experiences helped me explore how gesture, ritual, and found objects could serve as vessels for personal and collective memory.

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I am currently pursuing my M.F.A. at the University of Texas at San Antonio, where I work as a research assistant in New Media and sculpture under the mentorship of Professor Justin Boyd. Across my work, I remain committed to asking how attention, slowness, and sensorial engagement can create new ways of understanding presence, loss, and the layers of time embedded in material form.

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