"I believe that every artist's life work and what they are trying to achieve from making their art stems from their childhood sights, sounds, tastes and experiences. Growing up in Miami in the 1970s and 80s was the fertile ground where all my artistic visions were born. The eccentricity, lack of culture, encroaching jungle and faux-everything had a huge impression on me as a little girl."
"I loved the artificiality of everything and that all the buildings had a stage or fantasy front and then a 'real' back. The make-believe or fake version of France at the Epcot Center was my first inkling of what Paris would look like as a kid. Sometimes I actually prefer the Epcot version of Paris aesthetically from my child's memory!"
"Miami was more approachable as a young child than a place like Paris as it allowed me to feel in control of my own visions and destiny. It was a fertile place for my imagination."
"I was intimidated by the cultural hugeness of New York City when I first arrived at Columbia University at 18 years old. I was embarrassed that I came from Miami when I would meet people from more established art backgrounds."
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