In this episode of Write… Reflect… Reimagine, I sit down at Casa de María Publisher's headquarters in Toa Alta, Puerto Rico, for a deeply personal conversation with Nuyorican artist, artisan, and cultural anthropologist Lisa Valle.

Together, we reflect on what it means to create with our hands, to carry memory through art, and to navigate identity across Borikén and the Diaspora.

Lisa shares the stories behind her powerful installation work featured in Arte de Tierra y Mar at Boricua College in New York City, including pieces like La Planta de Mi Abuela, Childhood’s End, and In My Skin. Through her work, she explores ancestry, healing, body image, and the realities of gender-based violence and erasure.

This conversation also marks a new chapter in her journey. As Lisa joins the Casa de María Publisher writing retreat, she begins to transition from visual storytelling into written narrative, exploring what it means to trust her voice on the page.

Together, we explore:
 • What it means to create through the hands as a form of storytelling.
 • Art as a space for memory, witnessing, and healing.
 • The responsibility of socially conscious art.
 • Navigating Borikén identity as a Nuyorican artist.
 • The vulnerability of transitioning from artist to writer.

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