Growing up in the borderlands of El Paso and Juarez, I have a deeply rooted bi-cultural identity and perspective on the immigration crisis where Texas, New Mexico, and Mexico join. While critical issues of immigration are a global phenomenon, especially along the 2000-mile stretch of the U.S. – Mexico border, my focus is on a microcosm of the story where one landscape is now divided.

Why I take these photographs.
• To give a face to the cost of the unrelenting migrant crisis, showcasing the tangled reality of what I witness on both sides of the border.
• To share the experience of the wall up close, to bring to light the moral and social divisiveness occurring right now.
• To inspire people to explore the symbolic, sociocultural, racial, humanitarian, and environmental impacts of the immigration situation.
• To spark bipartisan dialog about legal, fact-based solutions as all sides seem to be obscuring the truth.
To make people care.