Exhibit - October 2008 "Perdido & Encontrado"/ "Lost & Found"

This body of work is all about the things we leave behind and the things we gain when we leave our home. Learning new languages and adapting to new cultures often leaves you stripped bear, wondering who you are. All immigrants must feel this. So, these pieces speak of the beauty in the suffering, my own and others. Peeling off layers of yourself to find the story is often painful. But it also reveals who you are. At the end of it all, we rely on God to tell us who we are, not success, language proficiency, friends or lack thereof. He ultimately tells us we are beautiful, that we are loved, that we matter.