I feel divinely driven to tell, through my artwork, the stories of my family in Cuba and of my ancestors' suffering, with a realization that I am their dream come true.

I attempt to thematically expose the paradigm of the suffering that we Cuban people have endured for generations, juxtaposed against the resilient faces and the splendid flora of the beautiful Caribbean island in which I was born. I don't tire in telling our stories of suffering, for there is joy to be found even in suffering. 

It was through my mother's suffering in which I came into this world, and it will be in my children's suffering through which I will depart to heaven.  Similarly, it was through my parents' suffering and great sacrifice in which I left Cuba and came to this country.  As my friend, author Deborah Gregory once told me, "Suffering is the touchstone of creativity."