My work is a means to close wounds- to explore personal identity and cultural memory. Through this I hope to continually forge a balance: to better speak to the issues of the traumatically afflicted individual and an American collective caught in the reduction and razing of an ever-changing identity. I seek to explore the stories and experiences of the peoples of our land, to fight erasure of the marginalized (who often know the truth) and to exploit privilege in a means to establish a more equitable future. Our full potentials are realizable, actionable and need to be sought fearlessly.