Since the tender age of two, art has captured my heart. Even if barely able to grasp a pencil, I would joyfully spend hours squiggling away with anything that left a mark—crayons, paints, chalk — with each material serving as an avenue that further fuelled my fascination with shapes, textures and colours. Art has been woven into the fabric of my life ever since. My mother deserves immense credit for unwaveringly supporting my artistic passion throughout the years. Even after we immigrated from Colombia to Canada when I was eleven, her encouragement continued to nourish my growing love for art, steering me toward a degree in Fine Arts.

Yet, two years into my degree, life took a sharp turn—I was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. That diagnosis became the catalyst shaping my artistic journey and the trajectory of the work I would eventually create.

Having endured a gruelling two-and-a-half-year battle with cancer fundamentally transformed my perception of life and art. It deeply impacted my understanding of my humanity, sparking a quest to understand the gift that is life through a scientific, philosophical, and spiritual lens. My encounters with CT scans, MRIs, and X-rays kindled a fascination with micrographs—photographs taken through microscopes—revealing the intricate intelligence and complexity of the human body at a cellular level. These microscopic glimpses into cellular structures fascinated me, revealing the intricate intelligence, information and complexity found in life that pointed beyond nature itself, but rather to its Grand Designer. 

During that dark chapter in my life, the creative drive embedded within me since childhood had found a purpose. My journey with cancer gave me a meaningful foundation upon which to launch my artistic vision. Exploring life forms through the images of powerful microscopes and other medical imaging devices became an endless wellspring of inspiration, shaping both the visual aesthetics of my work and its philosophical essence. Six years after my cancer diagnosis, another transformation unfolded—this time through the Gospel of Jesus Christ. This life changing event renewed my spirit, heart, and mind, enabling me to intertwine my artistic gifts, cancer survivor experience and love for the Lord and His Creation into the work I now long to create.