Photo Series
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Shot in northern California in 2020, a gajra is adjusted by a family member while guests arrive for the Nikah portion of a Muslim wedding ceremony. Worn as necklaces, hair accessories and bracelets by Southeast Asian women at weddings and other celebrations, gajras are flowers strung together with thread or wire. The strings that hold
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Hands: Creating Life’s Stories is a series that I began developing during the height of the pandemic in 2020. I was teaching classes virtually as an elementary school paraeducator and writing as a way to cope with everything. By the sixth week of teaching online and watching the kids and adults struggle, I realized how
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