I’m a Puerto Rican-born contemporary jeweler, writer, and art educator based in the borderlands of Mexico and the USA. The summer I was 6, I collected a seashell on the beach and made my first jewelry piece. This sparked an interest in craft that turned into a 20-year metalsmithing practice, shaped by studies in history, fashion design, and contemporary jewelry in Florence, Italy.
My pieces have been exhibited internationally, exploring jewelry as a language of connection, memory, and identity. In my writing, I think about material culture, world-making, and the ways craft builds communities, with a focus on Puerto Rico—publishing essays and creating arts programming that foregrounds accessibility, cultural heritage, and embodied knowledge.
My work is rooted in the belief that making together—whether a cup, a pair of earrings, or an exhibition—creates moments of belonging. Every object, every story, carries within it the web of people who are part of its creation.