This series is composed of self-portraits layered with multiple elements, in an attempt to visually express the instability I was experiencing as being an immigrant for the first time in my life—the internal conflict of being uprooted and trying to establish myself in a place that felt completely alien.

Migration made me see how much of my identity had been tied to the place I was born, and how different I became in this new environment. For a while, I felt as though I had lost my sense of self, as I struggled to navigate the new social norms, references, and behaviors expected in this unfamiliar context. I found myself constantly adapting, trying to fit into a society that seemed so distant from the one I had known.