This project depicts my family’s migration journey from Mexico to San Antonio’s West Side, for this project I chose to tell my personal experience and how it connects to the larger Xicanx, Latinx Diaspora in South Texas. This triptych also focuses on the stories of three generations of mujeres and uses family photos as well as symbols like las golindrinas, swallows, migratory birds where in their world borders don’t exist. The nopal or prickly pear cactus represents a resilience to harsh conditions migrants face crossing or in surviving their journey. The constellations reference ancient navigation tools to see in the night sky.
Migration has been central to San Antonio’s beginnings and continues to flourish thanks to many migrants who have made it their home.
A polaroid circa 1975 of my grandmother and her grandchildren in Piedras Negras, Coahuila Mexico. 
Design Print out ( my guide) 
Old Map of Westside of San Antonio, the neighborhood my grandmother and mother first lived as recent immigrants. 
Birch wood cut-out sanded and painted.
My partner Nathan Segovia assisting me with creating hardware to assemble pieces together. 
UV Print on Acrylic of a home in my neighborhood. 
