Double-exposed self-portrait from spring of 2017 in Shelton, WA.

A poster in a house window that says “crack open your mind” with a drawing of a brain in a nut cracker. Taken in Tacoma, WA 2018.

Cracking open my mind to let Spanish sink in and grow like flowers in the Spring, blossoming with connections like synapses and friendships with people. Lots of thoughts, lots of hard work, but lots of wonder and light and joy all wrapped up into the experience.