A creativity journal where I share ​explorations from my writing desk & art projects, plus snapshots from my daily life living in Turkiye as a neurodivergent mother of two Autistic sons. I'm a Latina artist & writer from rural Iowa now living in Ankara.

A nonfiction book about my life of travel and growing up off-grid with my father, America’s Bardic Poet. 🌿 (Work in progress 2024-25.)

My Mexican Mother and The American Dream 🦋 - An Autobiographical Novel (Work in progress 2024-25.)

100 Haiku + a series of 20 Japanese woodblock portraits - a project started 20 years ago when I lived in Japan. 🌸 (Work in progress 2024).

An inclusive book series I launched in 2023 because I want my sons (and other Autistic children) to see themselves in the books we read. 💙 The first book in the series, "Cappadocia, Turkiye" is now available on Amazon.

An ongoing art project now 20 years in the making, my Lupita portraits help me explore my internal reality. 💜 Lupita is my avatar, a reflection, a friend. Her cup overflows with gratitude.

A retelling of my lost travel journals (20+ years worth) woven in with my current daily life in Ankara, the capital of Türkiye. 🔥

Creativity Check-Ins are where we come together to share how our creative projects are going, what we’re working on, and stories from our daily lives as creative people. 🌟 I’ll also share an activity for some self-care & to get our creative energy flowing.

The Snowflake & El Nopal: An Immigrant Christmas Story is based on the true life story of my mother, Juana Maria, who immigrated from Mexico to Iowa as a child.

Letters written to you from my view as the neurodivergent mother of two Autistic children. 💌