I do hope to inspire, I mean I live off inspiration and its the force that keeps me working, that keeps me creating.

I am a woman and I am from Mexico, that is true. I am an artist, that is also true. When I work, I hope I'm not a woman from Mexico but an artist in body and spirit.

Being Latina in the US is something I'm learning about everyday. I don't feel inherently different in any way from anybody else and it is a feeling I cherish and that has helped me avoid thinking of my ethnicity as a potential obstacle from what I want to achieve.

Its a wonderful feeling to be able to inspire back, to keep that flow going.

I think art is, unfortunately, sometimes our only shot at communicating our indignation safely and effectively.

I read a lot on autism, which is surprisingly and annoyingly a huge mystery.

I do hope to inspire, I mean I live off inspiration and its the force that keeps me working, that keeps me creating.