I was born and raised in the United States. My mixed heritage is Indigenous Nicaraguan through my immigrant mother and white American through my father.

My curiosity about mortality is inseparable from my interest in what it means to be alive—in a body, for a finite amount of time.

I’m also an artist. I earned a BA in Art History from Georgetown University and a BFA in Studio Art from Florida Atlantic University, then went on to spend more than two decades in operations in a highly regulated scientific industry while building my interdisciplinary art practice alongside it.

My artwork is held in more than 20 public collections, including the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Yale and Harvard.

The laboratory, the studio and the experiences of my whole life have nurtured two enduring instincts: curiosity about what can be observed and measured, and reverence for all that cannot.

I’ve been meditating for more than a decade and have formally trained as an end-of-life doula and somatic coach. My work continues to be shaped by the teachers and lineages I study with.

Alongside Wise Mortal, I’m co-founder of INTERVAL PAPER and co-author and illustrator of The Good Enough Guide.