I am a storyteller. I use stories to talk about larger socio-political issues dealing with outsiders and those perceived of as “Others”—those who have lesser voices. As some members of my family were killed because of state-sponsored terrorism, I am acutely aware of what happens to others perceived of as outsiders. My subject matter includes homelessness, racial and sexual violence, Matthew Shepard, Iraq, and most recently, a large body of work on refugees and immigration. I work in many mediums: sculpture, drawing, painting/pastel, and printmaking, often combining media to create different textural and visual mark-making.