I had to travel a long road before being able to do my art but it has been a journey worth taking. I was born in Santiago, Chile, during times of radical political changes geared to heal profound social injustices. In this historical context, being an artist and making a living was a difficult path to take.  I graduated as a sociologist and began to work with poor urban and rural communities developing educational and art projects. I realized then that education and art were creative tools to help bring about long lasting social change. With support of international donor foundations I continued developing these projects during the repressive military dictatorship, which Chile had to endure for 16 painful years.

I was then offered the opportunity to come to Cambridge, Massachusetts to pursue graduate studies in international education at Harvard University. After obtaining my doctoral degree, I continued working in Massachusetts in the field of education with a focus on minority students. While writing bilingual multicultural children's books, I asked the editor if I could illustrate one of my books. He agreed and the illustrations were published. This was followed by two publications for which I took hundred of photographs depicting children in pre-school settings. Creative writing, illustration and photography triggered my strong desire to do art. Since then, I cannot stop.

I chose oil painting as my main medium but I like to experiment with other media such as pastel and egg tempera. I am also beginning to do the human figure on clay and I hope to share some of these sculptures soon.

Painting and sculpture allow me to express feelings and emotions that words sometimes cannot fully capture. I enjoy the silence and solitude of painting, as well as the sharing of emotions and opinions that people express when they view my paintings. I always welcome the feedback on my work from my colleagues because it gives me new insights and improves my paintings.

 My interest is to capture the relationship between people and nature. The main subject of my paintings has been people by the ocean. Cape Ann in Massachusetts has inspired me to portray the silent contemplation of people next to the ocean with their innocence, introspection, range of emotions and dreamy loneliness. I believe in the symbiotic relationship of people among themselves and with Mother Earth and the cosmos. I hope to continue portraying this universal source of unity that seems to be lost on our planet through greediness, violence and disrespect for nature and humanity. If people who view my art can feel an emotional connection to people and nature, my brushes and pigments have succeeded.