Born and raised in Miami, Florida, and originally focused on architecture, she studied graphic design at the Rhode Island School of Design and briefly attended the École des Beaux Arts in Paris and Pont-Aven, France, focusing on printmaking and post-impressionist history. She recently earned a Master of Science degree in Experience Design at Northeastern University.

Her work explores the confusion of a mixed identity, the balance between order and chaos; emotions translated through layers of diffused media and crisp geometric forms. Her mixed media pieces invite you to witness a landscape of deconstructed boat structures dividing unintelligible maps and directions, evoking themes of failed navigation, reminiscent of a childhood spent in Miami watching her father repair boats.

An enthusiastic supporter of the Free Art Fridays free art movement, she has “dropped” Muertos (small skeleton sculptures in memory of her father) in over fifteen countries across four continents. These sculptures are an invitation for strangers to embrace a new perspective on what it means to grieve and engage in dialogue about grief and death if they so wish.

Previously working under the alias Samurai White, she is best known for her Heavy Metal Nutcrackers and has been featured in Artscope, BoingBoing, Nerdist, and German outlets DrLima and Schlecky Silbersten. Her work is enjoyed in collections throughout the world; as far as New Zealand and as close as your neighbor’s living room.