I think that through the narratives of other people you get closer to your own.

Sometimes it may be something I hear in the news that affects me.

Often when people tell their story, they talk about their strengths and resiliency. It's really about their determination and their aspiration to survive and live.

I liked museums but I wanted to be a dancer, I wanted to go into performing arts, or be a writer.

Every day you are bombarded by so many different things. When you sit down to process everything, it can become interesting visually. You can incorporate a lot of those things that you internalize.

I think that through the narratives of other people you get closer to your own.

When I was in the sixth grade my friend and I always won writing contests, and we read a lot of books. We were always the ones that read the most books in class. I thought about writing but visual arts weren't part of my vocabulary.