To all the honors and ap/IB burnout kids, this one’s for you. I have struggled with the idea of failure being a good opportunity my whole life. I feel like I am constantly in fear of failure, even though that… Continue Reading →

I lost my mother this last year. I feel her and see her everywhere. Even though I’ve been through so much, I’ve never felt as “othered” in life and my own body as I have experiencing the pain that this… Continue Reading →

I don’t quite know what I look like or who I am anymore so I tried to line up the pictures of what I look like now with one of my favorite pictures of myself from when I liked how… Continue Reading →

I wanted to draw for the prompt and I did not want to directly tie myself to my drawings using figural representations of myself. Instead I wanted to use ‘stream of consciousness’ to try to make a portrait of my… Continue Reading →

We often face two very opposing paths in life, sometimes we take one path but we need to remember it’s ok to take both. We don’t have to separate two personas but instead create one. This exploits how conflicting two stereotypes can be.

I explored hybridity through sea creature imagery (particularly cuttlefish and jellyfish) and sexually reclaiming my body while existing outside of it. I also wanted to explore the concept of rebirth, immortality and its connections to the ocean.

This piece captures my journey of reconnecting with my Hmong heritage during the pandemic. The hand-drawn village symbolizes the cultural roots that ground me, while the empty village shows the quiet time I spent reflecting and growing. This artwork represents… Continue Reading →