Perla has a background in creative direction and graphic design. She graduated from San Diego State University’s School of Art + Design, with a Bachelors in Multimedia Art. Currently, she is finishing her Masters in Psychology. She’s a first-generation Mexican-American, born to a mother who has always taught her about resiliency and strength through her own work.

Perla’s work is a transmutation of energy, of old belief systems and new, navigating through “portals of barbed wire karmic stickiness.” As a visual artist, she prefers to use recycled or found objects, and likes to lean towards Book Arts often, and enjoys the way multimedia arts allows her favorite things to coexist all in one place: writing, typography, layouts, photography, and collaging.

In her spare time, she loves spending time with her family and cats. She loves to travel and celebrate other cultures, being outdoors, and learning about psychology, or any way that helps her understand the mind in a deeper way. In her creative work, she enjoys going against the grain, experimenting and finding new paths in the journey of creativity, and meeting the self over and over again. She’s driven by the quest for knowledge and understanding of those who came before her and how she can help empower herself in her path moving forward.