“Call to me and I will respond, I will show you great and unsearchable things that you do not know.” Jeremiah 33:3

Painting murals tucked away in a small agricultural town (my second home) San Telmo, Baja California Mexico.

El Porvenir Murals
4ChristMission / Colegio El Porvenir

In my second year of undergrad, I took a leave of absence from USC to live in a small agricultural town in Mexico for 8 months.

I was an english and art teacher at a school called “Colegio El Porvenir” which translates to “The Future”

Built with the purpose of sharing the love of Christ and ending cycles of poverty and exploitive farm labor, the school helps low-income students stay in classrooms and be able to attain higher education.

I interviewed students, “What do you want to be when you grow up?”

I designed the murals illustrating their dream careers, including verses not just to brighten the school but to inspire students to learn and chase after their God-given dreams. The murals surrounded newly built computer labs—where many touched a computer for the first time.
It was here that I was able to recognize design as a simple yet powerful, tangible tool to impact lives.

My friends Julia and Juanito, El Porvenir highschoolers, who helped me paint the mural.
Now I frequent hit the road to visit the school when I can to visit my old students and paint!