About

Por Vida y Para Siempre is an archival-style book that is a deeply personal project that weaves together family photos, scanned letters, and keepsakes to create a visual narrative of memory, identity, and nostalgia. As a first-generation Mexican-American, I designed this to honor my parents’ journey immigrating to the U.S. from Mexico in the 1980s and the life they built as they grew our family here. I’ve always been fascinated by the way memories fade, resurface, and transform over time.

I wanted to capture that shifting beauty through a chronological storytelling approach. Rather than letting these cherished pieces of my family’s history remain tucked away in boxes, I designed this book to bring them to life, preserving their legacy through design and celebrating the resilience, love, and cultural pride that have shaped who I am.