Hi!! I’m Mia. I grew up in San Antonio, Texas, where I learned that every place, every person, and every moment has a story waiting to be uncovered. Since I was young, I’ve been captivated by the stories people tell—and the ones they don't. Books, films, photographs, and conversations taught me that the most interesting questions rarely have simple answers.

That curiosity is what led me to journalism and photojournalism. I love following a thread, asking one more question, and discovering the perspectives that often go unnoticed. Along the way, I became fascinated not just by storytelling itself, but by how media shapes culture, memory, and the way we understand one another.

I hope my work encourages people to look a little closer, ask a few more questions, and leave with a perspective they didn't have before. After all, the stories that stay with us are usually the ones that make us see the world—and ourselves—a little differently.

It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors
— Oscar Wilde