Much of my personal work draws from my life experiences as a person living with disabilities associated with polio.  As a young child in Thailand, I was considered physically unacceptable to live a life of quality.  At the age of 12, my parents sent me to the United States in hopes of a better life and healthcare.   In the states, I received the medical care to sustain and improve my physical self and the education to inspire my personal expression as an artist.  As I moved through various mediums, I discovered photography provided me with the voice I sought and became the perfect medium to express my inner struggles of being disabled.  Photography, more so than other mediums, allows me to create imagery that is both true to life, yet can be abstracted and presented in ways that best expresses my intent.  Much of my work consists of self–portraits exploring and subtly revealing my inner struggles of being disabled as well as an Asian woman in search of self-identity in a new world.  In my images, I am both the maker and the performer investigating and revealing a body damaged and asking the viewer to consider their biases via what is visible and what is invisible. My current work expands on my earlier concerns, however, instead of using myself as a subject, I now work with models creating narratives expressing personal and universal themes, such as, how we attempt to control our own realities, the fragility of changing relationships, age and mortality and confronting motherhood.