She born in El Salvador in 1963. Her family was a coffee farmer, where she spent her childhood in nature environment. She studied in a school with strict nuns, whose discipline made her focus and be organized in her life. During her childhood demonstrated her interest in communicating when the elementary teachers punished her because she talked too much in class. This motivated her to create a language of funny figures on pieces of paper that she shared with her best friends.
In seven grade to be talkative was not help her conduct, and while of a good note in drawing and national language, came a report to their parents about her bad behavior.
The first year of high school she received classes in a corner of the classroom away from her friends. In Secretariat classes, her behavior had improved much, and was devoted to completing their two years with good grades; but in the matter of writing composition, indispensable for Secretary career, was a tremendous impact when her notes not even satisfactory.
Her teacher explained that a letter should be concise, precise, and clear, and what they wrote were, in terms of her teacher: “romantic novels”.
She graduated with many difficulties by the civil war situation in her country, as a Bachelor of the University Dr. José Matías Delgado and began studying business administration. She had worked for privates companies for many years, in positions from Secretary, Chief Publishing and supervisor of human resources and Industrial safety.
She met her husband during the time of study at the University, and they married in 1986. Her husband got a good job in a multinational company and they moved to live in Sonsonate, residing in the port of Acajutla until 1995. And was there, in the tranquility of a village, where she found inspiration to write her first novel of fiction-history, which narrated the adventures of a restless teenage in the crude scenario of a civil war.
In Acajutla she took a job in a solid company, where she demonstrated, not only their professionalism but also their ability for drawing and editing, when in an event given in the company, she was cartooning each of the employees of the different departments, about more than 100 people. She also edited the monthly newsletter of the company.
Back in the capital San Salvador in 1996, she studied photography on their own and became independent by placing her own photographic studio called Photo Studio Jolis. And in that year, God bless her with maternity. Tireless autodidact, acquired knowledge about graphic design and in 2004 founded a company of digital impressions.
In 2008, an unexpected journey turned her life, and made her move with her husband and 11 years old son to Miami, Fl. For that time, her first novel that had begun to write in the 80’s had been accepted by the publishing name Arte y Parte and was in reviews.
In 2010, “Berlin, Amor y Odio” (Berlin, love and hatred) was ready for launch, which began in the city of Miami, FL., then it was presented at the University St. Thomas in Houston, Tx. and finally Washington D. C.
Continuing with the appeal to express herself not only on paper but in canvas, she studied drawing and painting at Art Atelier Academy with Ana Carolina Moreno, for 3 years, and with an abstract Salvadoran María Teresa D’Azucena. And she began to participate in several art exhibits in Coral Gables, Florida during the years 2010 to 2012.
Love has always been one of her inspirations, and during those years, launches her second romantic – juvenile novel entitled: Tiempo de amar, tiempo de correr (“Time to love, time to run”). In 2013, she moved his home again to Tampa, FL. and she has become a member of the Coalition of Hispanic Artists, a nonprofit organization as part of its Board of Directors. In 2014 she has participated in a poster contest during the celebrations of Hispanic Heritage called Hispanic Heritage Poster Contest, which she has won awards for two consecutive years. She was named “Artist of the month of March” during the exhibition “Spring Life”. In that same year launches another novel entitled: “Vagabundito” (Homeless boy) based on a real story of a child of the street. In 2015, she won the first place with her painting “the dance of the Dalia” during the exhibition entitled “Beautiful Spring”. With the surreal theme and love for nature, her paintings transformed in a candid and romantic way her passion for telling stories through her paintings.
By 2015, she began a process of collecting Salvadoran artists thru the United States and carries out an event entitled “Meeting of colors and letters” in El Salvador, which brought together 7 artists, 1 sculptor and 3 writers included in this group, to launch her fifth novel of fiction – history called “Los Secretos de una Historia” (The secrets of a History) the event was held in the David J. Guzman Museum and it was attended by over four hundred people. Currently she teaches art at Barksdale Senior Center in the Tampa area, and writes articles for the newspaper “El Puente”.
She describes herself as a dreamy and romantic, lover of the nature, expansive mind and always in search of knowledge and inspiration. She describes her work as a joyful tribute to nature, which integrates human figurines under the context of romance, joy, and protection.
In 2016, she began a series of paintings of trees caused by the indignation of the disappearance of a beautiful forest near her home. The collection in a “Solo Exhibition” was presented at MiartSpace in Miami, Fl in October of that year. And she described her collection as the perennial struggle between progress and Mother Nature.
In 2017, Her collection of surrealism flowers and contemporary trees was display in TECO Art Gallery in downtown Tampa. The exhibition named “ATMOSPHERIC FEELING IN VIBRANT COLORS WITH ECOLOGICAL CONCEPT” art solo show began on January 6 and ended February 26 and was curated by Debra Radke.
