Family Photos
Artist Statement
When I was around 4 years old, I was visiting my family in Mexico. At the time, I was one of the two who was born in the states, my other cousin Yessenia hadn't come with us. I remember feeling lonely and ostracized by my family in Mexico. I was sitting on the steps of my and my mother’s room just playing with some toys I had gotten in the market. My eldest cousin at the time came over and sat next to me. He took out his phone, and for the rest of the time we sat there together looking at cars he thought were cool and asked me which ones I liked. I no longer felt alone and unseen, I felt like he cared about me. It saddens me that I never got a photo with him.