Being born and raised in Toronto, Canada, all I ever knew growing up was multiculturalism. It’s no accident that the city’s motto is “Diversity is our strength”. Toronto taught me to see every country in the world as a piece of the one big puzzle.

My own heritage (Hispanic & Middle Eastern born in English-speaking Canada and schooled in French) led me very early on to discover that each culture and language is a gateway into an entire world.

With each language I learned growing up (I speak 5 fluently, 7 in all), I realized I could think about my existence in a completely different way. How could there be so many, and such different takes, on one reality?

To this day, I love to learn, and it has added to my life immensely to be so open to seeing life through the eyes and wisdom of others.

This appreciation for life’s diversity and beauty has translated into a love of travel, and of photography and video as well. I love to capture the variety in the beauty and people around me. I believe my double exposure-style derives from this appreciation from never just having one perspective at play. There’s always different points of view for the things we experience in life.

I hope to explore and learn as much as I can while I’m here xx