Oil on canvas · Canvollage · 30 × 40" · 2007 There are things we do not choose. We are born into a history, a family, a language, traditions, images, and a particular way of seeing the world. Over time, we may distance ourselves from some of these things, transform them, or rediscover them, but they remain part of who we are. I am part of that story. It is my heritage. In 2007, I painted Hablamos Su Idioma, an oil-on-canvas work created through the Canvollage technique. When