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From the Soil to Seventh Avenue
In late 1991, a student housing delay at FIT temporarily paused my move from northwest Ohio to Manhattan. Determined to fund my journey east, I took a job inside Campbell Soup’s surreal mushroom spawn laboratory in Napoleon—the very same corporate grounds where my mother had labored as a migrant field hand decades before. Between dodging explosive glass jars, maneuvering ton-heavy steel carts alongside coworkers, and coaxing a stubborn 1965 red Mustang down rural roads, there is a beautiful dignity of factory labor, generational roots, and the grit that paved my way to Seventh Avenue.
From NYC Fashion Design to Authoring Heritage Design: Part 2
This three-part series chronicles my transformative journey, exploring how my thirty-year career as a high-level New York City fashion executive and consultant evolved into a mission-driven path as a children’s book author. It’s a story of creative alchemy: taking the "hustle," and brand-building expertise honed on the runways of Manhattan and applying them to the preservation of my Mexican American heritage. Through these articles, I’ll share my family’s roots in the South Texas migrant fields, the systemic history that shaped my ancestors' lives, and how I’m now using storytelling to ensure those legacies—and the beauty of the Hispanic experience—are never forgotten.
From NYC Fashion Design to Authoring Heritage Design: Part 1
This three-part series chronicles my transformative journey, exploring how my thirty-year career as a high-level New York City fashion executive and consultant evolved into a mission-driven path as a children’s book author. It’s a story of creative alchemy: taking the "hustle," and brand-building expertise honed on the runways of Manhattan and applying them to the preservation of my Mexican American heritage. Through these articles, I’ll share my family’s roots in the South Texas migrant fields, the systemic history that shaped my ancestors' lives, and how I’m now using storytelling to ensure those legacies—and the beauty of the Hispanic experience—are never forgotten.