I was born in Coyoacán, Mexico City. It's unrelated, but that's the same neighborhood where Frida Kahlo used to live. My first contact with American culture was visual. The local TV network used to broadcast some NFL games. Watching those titanic clashes, I thought the US must have had the best food in the world.

I came to Raleigh, NC, in 1996 to visit some friends. I saw deer, squirrels, and opossums walking down the street. That was f*cking awesome! There were trees everywhere and hardly any people. I called it paradise! My wife and I decided to stay.

That same year, 1996, I realized the US did not have the best food in the world. Mexican food is better! I've held many jobs, from delivering papers to serving tables, teaching Spanish to Americans, working in warehouses, doing fast food, translations, and interpretations. Also, from 1998 to 2004, I worked for different Spanish-language local media outlets.

Currently, I'm the Director of the Brentwood Boys & Girls Club. Here, among a thousand other things,  I oversee the organizational (9 Clubs in Wake County) Art and Photography Contest. I also teach GED classes to farmworkers living in NC through the HEP Program in Wake Tech.

I like to think I was born an artist. I've completed several projects in Mexico City and Raleigh over the years. However, I started painting professionally in 2018 – yes, someone paid me to paint!  I serve on the Artspace Board of Directors, I am a member of the NC Museum of Art Community Advocacy Committee, and I'm a founding member of ILAAC: Inter-Latin American Artist Collective (Raleigh, NC, 2022).

After many years of patient waiting, I finally became an American citizen in December 2023 – yay! I don't love scary movies, but I watch them sometimes. Yes, I am voting for Kamala. My favorite writer is Octavio Paz. I love bread. All these years have passed and I've never tasted a mimosa – though I try to eat tacos several times a week. I hope you like my art. Thanks!