Melanie Alves invites us to her studio talk about the expectations of artists and galleries, being a mother in San Francisco, Portuguese food, using her art for social issues, her pillow project that tackles womens issues, people wanting to touch your art, and how having children can make you more creative. We talk about her painting “China Girl," the story of the woman who inspired it, farts, a bad app idea, getting judged for your art, her young hustle, censoring yourself, Portuguese words, and poop.