My work explores the relationship between insecurity and personal identity. Mostly reflect upon my relationship with my body and things that have altered the way I see it. Specifically, the work addresses past experiences, memory, and their lasting impact. I enjoy using repetition in my work as a form of reflection. Throughout my life, I was taught that when traumatic events happen, repetition is an effective way to process and eventually overcome them. Printmaking has allowed me to apply repetition to my work on a larger scale. I also incorporate grids in my work by cutting the prints. I found that grids help organize my work and allow me to try and make sense of the work in my head. Taking the work apart and sewing it together gives me the sensation that I am rewriting events, also as a form of dealing with past trauma. I incorporate myself in a lot of my work, as the work is surrounded by reflection. Having grown up in São Paulo, Brazil, I have been around skyscrapers, graffiti, cars, and lights for my entire life. Mirrors and plexiglass have made their way into my work and remind me of the reflective skyscrapers in São Paulo, giving me a taste of home. Mirrors also give a chance for the audience to insert themselves into my work itself which I find very interesting. Making work about past trauma has proven to be therapeutic and a successful form of not only expressing myself but allowing me to finally process events that I have tried to ignore.