"On day -15,165, I was welcomed into the world at the end of the week, in the middle of the year of the mid-’70s to two loving parents, giants in stature and heart... But this is not about my life from then to day one. It is about my life from day one to day 730..."

The creative arts speak to and through us in 2018.

"When the exhibit came down it took me by surprise... made me think of the 6,000 Disappeared – the desaparecidos... plus other countries where dissidents or 'unwanted' citizens were mercilessly eliminated. And of course, that's what Trump and ICE are doing..."

...always THE never mine; if it’s not me never mind...

"...ever since, I have been thinking of how painful it must be for a person to leave everything behind at a moment’s notice..."

...shifting the conversation about immigrant, dreamer, refugee and citizen identities.