Maps of Displacement is an ongoing project that studies the Venezuelan Diaspora since 2021.

Using non-verbal storytelling, I explore identity through fabric and touch. I collect clothing from Venezuelan migrants which is cut and then woven into a tapestry to illustrate how fragments ultimately comprise a whole. Through tactile memory and collective nostalgia, I ask — how is identity shaped by the things we carry and physical places we occupy?

Venezuela has one of the world's largest external displacement crisis, yet it remains one of the most underfunded crises of modern times. According to the UNHCR and the OAS, more than 7 million people have emigrated. The Venezuelan exodus is the largest migration that has existed in the history of the Western Hemisphere.

To this date, I’ve interviewed over 200 people represented with their woven garments in “Maps of Displacement Vol I: NYC 2021” and “Maps of Displacement Vol II: East Coast 2022”.