For my whole life, I’ve been exploring the integration of opposites and how to transcend different worlds, whether be through business, photography, or fine dining. In May 2019, I went on a 5 weeks journey to explore my gender identity, sexuality and gender expression

For this adventure, I started close to home in San Jose (Costa Rica), then I went to Portland because it’s “the Queerest city in the USA”, Los Angeles because of friends I wanted to be with and who could help me reflect on myself, and the Philippines because one of the countries with the largest transgender population.

Through this journey, I rediscovered lost parts of myself and learned to love parts of myself I was ashamed of. I learned that fashion can be a tool to highlight the boundaries that exist in our minds.

Fashion can be an expression of who we are beyond the need for social validation. Fashion for the purpose of exploring our identity becomes a process for personal growth and self reflection. Fashion can become a tool to create fearlessly honest human connections. Fashion can be a way to be ourselves without the rejection of those who are different.

I have since done photo shoots with artists from all over the world. With each new photo shoot we explore a different aspect of the integration of masculine and feminine