For this piece I wanted to dive into my personal ethnic/racial identity and how at times it can feel like I’m “not Latine enough”. I’m Costa Rican, so I used the imagery of a Clay-Colored Thrush, the Costa Rican National bird. In the portrait I’m slumped on the ground holding a dead Thrush in my hand while patches of feathers cover my skin, with a pair of small, shaggy wings on my back. I wanted to represent how I often don’t feel that I am Latine enough; that my whiteness, or appearance thereof, overshadows my Costa Rican heritage, especially when it comes to my looks. The patchy feathers and molting wings represent the idea that my physical appearance is fragmented and unidentifiable with my Costa Rican identity. The window in the background shows a jungle outside, far out of my reach, exemplifying how in not living within a Costa Rican rich community, I’m kept away from being immersed in my culture, furthering that sense of isolation.