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I am an multidisciplinary, self-taught artist. Born in Mexico city, in a mix family of Mexican Indigenous and Spanish working class. In my childhood during visits to my father's family around Xico, Veracruz in Mexico, I experienced the surviving Mayan, Olmec and Catholic cultures: traditional farming, and popular crafts that represent and express the life of the indigenous Mexican people. Later I cultivated a sense of freedom to express my personal dreams and reality by immersing myself in indigenous cultures in the states of Oaxaca, Veracruz, Puebla, Michoacan and Tlaxcala. I grew up believing and experiencing independent thinking, realizing that people are rich in resourcefulness in their own power for self-control. My paternal grandmother migrated from Xico, Veracruz to Mexico City before I was born, and I have continued this family experience with my own migration to Philadelphia PA. USA. Ten years ago, where I have joined the diversity of lives and cultural exchanges of this city. In Mexico a great emphasis is placed on the connection between human beings and the natural world. In 2007 I got my Aztec name "Tletxayacoatl" (The Snake with the Face on Fire) in a solstice ceremonial in Chicago with Master "Ocelocoatl" (The jaguar & Snake) and Master "Xavier Quijas Yxayotl". As well I won a grant from The Institute for Cultural Partnership to learn how to make "Tlapizcalli" Clay flutes With the Master " Xavier Quijas Yxayotl" this has been the first time that I got some training in art but them I just triad by my one and I did make a clay instrument call "Ehekachiktli" -The Dead Whistle- an instrument that is very old. and very hard to make.