Ever Velasquez is an artist and curandera/santera.

Ever's performance /photo series Baños and collage series use the visual language of Yoruba religious culture to explore the legacy of colonialism and its interweaving with the Lucumi religion, which she practices with a personal look into both personal spiritual look of ancestral self- care.

The inspiration for the works were sparked by dreams and spiritual divination. Ever is fully initiated crowned priestess of Obatala and Oshún

She studies so she can preserve and defend this knowledge that has survived colonization while her continued work cultivates traditions for generations to inherent. While resisting the prejudices that continue to battle to this day from colonial religions .