My photography comes straight from the heart. Photography is a visual language and if understood well enough, it has the power to bring change. My photography is an attempt to use a camera as a tool to uplift ourselves. My gaze is driven by my heart's desire to represent us positively and I sometimes draw inspiration from personal stories and experiences. I look at photography as a visual text that carries and captures important information of the time, and this explains my love for documentary photography. Portraiture is my most used photography technique because it allows for the exchange of worlds between myself and collaborators. Looking at the participants through my lens allows me to see through them and they see me through my photographs.