Born with a genetic mutation (limb difference), for much of my life, I navigated systems that defined my body before I could define myself. Art became the place where I reclaimed authorship, finding permission to express my existence authentically. A safe space where I could observe myself without judgment and learn how to inhabit the world on my own terms. My journey as an artist is inseparable from healing—not as an endpoint, but as an ongoing process of acceptance, self-discovery, and trans
