Alpes (top right)

Instituo Alpes is a private, all girls Catholic school that I attended while living in Saltillo, Coahuila Mexico. The people on the "sidewalk" represent my growing up with Catholic customs and living with my grandparents. The rest of the people are recollections of the teachers, nuns, school friends, and domestic staff. The eagle and snake symbolize my spiritual roots juxtaposed with the imposed Catholicism. A member of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation ( a revolutionary group based in Chiapas) is at the bottom right corner with a red handkerchief. This group fought to keep their land that was unfairly seized by the government. This also symbolizes the fact that Indigeneous people in Mexico have been oppressed and continue to be.