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I'm based in Pacoima, in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles.

My dad was the person who got me into both photography and cars when I was younger. He didn't do so intentionally; I just remembered that both my parents spent most of their time hustling and surviving, and these hobbies were something that obviously brought him joy. My parents and extended family were refugees from the Vietnam War and came to the U.S., specifically to L.A., to try to make a new life. My dad loved L.A. and its culture and immediately hooked into car culture here. He specifically loved 60's to 70's era Mustangs and other American muscle cars. I also remember that he always had a camera and/or camcorder on him, and I'm thankful for all the images he made because I now have these images by which to remember him.

I originally grew up in Pacoima, in a predominantly Raza / Latino neighborhood, and now live again in my childhood house. For most of my adult life I lived in the San Francisco Bay Area, where I went to college and where I still have a lot of community including my godkids. However, in 2022 I moved back to L.A. because my parents' health was suffering and I intuited that the shoe was going to drop. I was right: Not even a few months after I moved back, my dad was diagnosed with an aortic aneurysm, and on the week before he was scheduled to meet with a surgeon, the aneurysm burst and he passed away. My dad was my mom's caregiver (she has dementia), so when he passed, my sister and I moved back into our family's house in Pacoima to take care of her. My life sort of closed in on itself at that time, and in an attempt to get back outside and be in community with my neighbors and the city of my upbringing, I picked up the camera again.

My entry back into photography grew faster and bigger than I could've ever predicted. My work has already been included in an exhibition among other photographers I deeply respect. I have been given unique opportunities to photograph community and cultural moments and have been included among the promotion for several local events. And most fundamentally, photography has been an essential vehicle through which I have built, and rebuilt, my community here in L.A. It also helped me realize how proud I am of being from here, and that I am grateful to have this new chance to know L.A. better and deeper, with all the tools, skills, and resources I've acquired up to this point, to show the world what this city and region are actually about.

In addition to photography, I'm a lawyer in the video-games industry. My specializations are in intellectual property (IP) and commercial matters (such as licensing and contracts), and I've used that knowledge to educate my fellow creators on their and their clients' rights.