I’m thrilled to share a new series of photographs by the incredibly talented Raúl Quiñones-Rosado, featuring me alongside my latest collection, Spandrel Spaces, captured here at my home, Eye on the Rainforest, Patillas, Puerto Rico. As many of you know, my art is inseparable from the natural world. This collection continues that thread, exploring the […]
In an era marked by global challenges such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and habitat degradation, the conservation of endangered endemic plants has become a pressing concern. Eye on the Rainforest, an organization in Puerto Rico, has joined forces with Botanical Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) to address this issue. Their collaborative efforts are focused on […]
One might think it’s the fear of the unknown, a common human response towards the unseen dangers that could lurk within the forest’s leafy maze. BUT IT IS NOT. It is the fear of the KNOWN — the stark realities and chilling anecdotes that are the shared burden of women worldwide.
My life in Puerto Rico was originally sparked by a three-year coral-reef research expedition onboard the Research Vessel Heraclitus, where I learnt to shake off the shackles of everything I had ever known before and developed the avid desire to traverse unknown territories.
Every article I read in our forest library made reference to Frank Wadsworth, so when I met him at the International Institute of Tropical Forestry library in San Juan, I was prepared with thought-provoking questions about the forest I was working and living in.
