My work emerges from the belief that movement is a form of knowledge—one that reveals how people navigate systems, relationships, and the complexities of being alive. As a choreographer and researcher, I create dances that explore the body's capacity to sense, negotiate, and reimagine structures that extend beyond personal control. I treat the body as a site where attention becomes agency and where imagination becomes a method of inquiry.

Each piece begins with a concept that dictates both the soundscape and movement vocabulary. I build dances through recurring motifs—movements that represent my central idea, which I return to and transform throughout the work to construct a narrative or argument. My choreography often juxtaposes structured phrases with improvisational scores, creating space for dancers to respond in the moment while maintaining compositional intention. The urgency of a subject informs how I move. When concerns are immediate, I use sharp, rapid movement, whereas when persistently ignored issues arise, they often appear as staccato gestures stretched across longer durations. I use breath as a choreographic tool, allowing visible expansion and contraction in the torso to shape phrasing, timing, and a sense of vulnerability or effort. At times, I deliberately move against the explicit nature of the music itself, creating tension that mirrors resistance to larger systems.

I ask audiences to slow down, witness, and listen as I highlight what often goes unseen. My pieces frequently bridge creative and scholarly practices, reflecting my commitment to understanding not only how we move but why movement matters within larger social, cultural, and institutional contexts.

As an artist from the U.S.–Mexico border region, I am inspired by communities that live in constant negotiation of identity, language, care, and space. The border has shaped how I think about boundaries—not as natural divisions but as imposed structures. This perspective is woven into my ongoing exploration of how bodies navigate, challenge, and reimagine spatial and social borders. My works honor the adaptability and resilience of borderland communities, foregrounding the body's ability to hold memory, conflict, and possibility. Ultimately, I create dances that invite people to feel more connected: to themselves, to one another, and to the worlds they inhabit and imagine.