The experience of learning English as a second language made me interested in the physical act of speaking language, translating spoken text into written text and vice versa, and the places of un-synchronicity that result.  I currently work in a combination of text, video and performance. My work usually takes form as spoken narratives based on my own experiences, often juxtaposed to written texts, either on stage or in video.  I have created works concerning the notion of “perfect” speech, the faithfulness of voice, ownership of language, and language as misrepresentation in cultural and personal contexts, through dubbing, captioning, naming and the juxtaposition of text and images.  My goal as an artist is to discuss language as a politically and culturally charged space where struggles, violence and understandings are performed within cultures, individuals, and communities.