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Expressing Stories
through Colors
I’m a bilingual Spanish-speaking forensic social worker, artist, and proud daughter of Colombian immigrants. My work is shaped by my lived experiences, cultural background, and a deep commitment to social justice, racial equity, and collective healing.
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I’ve dedicated my career to supporting people targeted by the U.S. immigration system—initially with detained adults in deportation proceedings, and now with unaccompanied children in federal custody. My approach is rooted in trauma-informed, anti-racist, and anti-oppressive frameworks, with expertise in forensic social work and crisis intervention. I have worked extensively with clients experiencing suicidality, complex trauma, and the profound wounds of displacement and systemic harm. To me, advocacy means not only being present for individuals during moments of crisis but also fighting for a world where those crises do not have to exist.
Before I became a social worker, I was an artist—and I remain a practicing artist today. My background in art therapy has shaped how I understand healing: nonlinear, embodied, and often beyond words. My creative practice explores themes of identity, migration, ancestral grief, and resistance. It’s another way I speak up, bear witness, and stay connected to hope.​
Across every role I hold—therapist, advocate, artist—I carry a belief that healing is political, and that justice must be both systemic and deeply personal. I’m here to honor stories that have been ignored, to help hold the unbearable, and to imagine something freer for all of us.
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