Being creative is everything to me. In my earliest years on my homeland, the island of Guam, I was obsessed with drawing and the family video-camera. When I moved to the Pacific Northwest, I began skateboarding with my cousin. Skateboarding opened up more opportunities to create as I started making skate videos, shooting photos, animating, and pushing myself to learn tricks. Everything I did, I tried to do it my own way. Inspired by the world of art within skateboarding, my life goal became to skate and create as a career.

In 2022, I became a professional skateboarder for The Killing Floor Skateboards. I am known for my unique style and innovations in ‘curb skating’.

I felt a gravitational pull towards ceramics in 2023. As soon as I touched clay on a potter’s wheel, I knew that it was something I wanted to pursue. I felt a similar energy and discipline to skateboarding. I was quickly advancing and exhibited my work for the first time in 2024. 12 months later, I had exhibited 12 more times, often with newly created pieces. In that time, I was fortunate enough to be the subject of the award-winning short-documentary “Chimera”, directed by Daniel Cantu; and I was accepted as a resident artist at Heirloom Ceramic Studio.

My art draws from the shadows of my personal history, Chamorro heritage, and the environments that shape me- from the island of Guam to the city of Portland. The work I create is an exploration for both myself and the viewer, as each piece influences the next with a connection in material and the physical imprints that I leave behind which act as short-stories for the creation of the art. These creations are as much about the form as they are about the technical work in the creation of the piece. Like a Chamorro Latte Stone, my work stands as both foundation and memory… Holding up what once was, and offering strength for what’s yet to come.