#Looking Beyond

I recorded this back in the summer of 2025 and now that it’s all done I’m beyond thankful that @arteamericas considered my public engaged scholarship for their galleries 🎨 if you are in Fresno, stop by and engage with the exhibit! It will be up until June 28th💙 definitely a gift from life✨🙏🏼✨ ✍🏼 Humanizar Historias exhibit 📍 1630 Van Ness Ave Fresno, CA 93721 🗓️ Friday-Sunday 10am-4pm and Thursdays from 12-8pm until June 28, 2026 #humanizarhistorias #arteamericas #immigrantstories #communityengagedscholarship

Humanizar Historias en @arteamericas por @lizbethdsantana. Un gran trabajo mostrando diferentes historias que necesitan ser vistas, contadas, y recordadas de la comunidad inmigrante. #art #love #immigrantstories #latino #hope

18 days away! ⏳ Join us at @arteamericas on Thursday, February 26, 2026, for the opening reception of my “Humanizar Historias” exhibit 🎨 no RSVP needed. 🗓️ Thursday, February 26, 2026 ⏰ 5 PM - 8 PM 📍 1630 Van Ness Ave Fresno, CA 93721 #humanizarhistorias #arteamericas #immigrantstories #mural

Tonight is the opening ceremony for “humanizar historias” by @lizbethdsantana at Arte Americas. It is from 5-8 pm. Humanizar Historias, by artist and scholar Lizbeth De La Cruz Santana (PhD), explores an evolving, community-based project that merges muralism, storytelling, and activism, challenging the public to confront-face to face the personal impacts of deportation and the emotional, social, and political realities of exile within a system that renders people disposable and vulnerable to erasure. @arteamericas

The Journey to North. Hope, Labor and Culture en el @latinoculturalcenter Realmente les recomiendo venir. Es gratis. Traigan a su familia.

The Journey North: Hope, Labor and Culture exhibition till February 27th El viaje al norte: esperanza, trabajo y cultura "El viaje al norte: esperanza, trabajo y cultura" Esta exhibicion es la realidad de lo que se sufre por el Sueño Americano 🥹. La exhibicion de las Mariposas fue mi favorita 🤍🫶 #exhibicion #immigracion #elsueñoamericano

“Stories Untold” is a reflection on the immigrant experience and often un-seen stories affected by ICE. It is a reminder of our shared humanity, a call of action to recognize the value of every individual and the urgent need for a stop to violence. It is a symbol of home, belonging, and the universal need for shelter and security. Una reflexión sobre la experiencia de los inmigrantes y las historias que no son contadas, afectadas por ICE. Es un recordatorio de nuestra humanidad compartida, una llamada a la acción para reconocer el valor de cada individuo y la necesidad urgente de detener la violencia. Es un símbolo de hogar, pertenencia y la necesidad universal de refugio y seguridad. ________________________________________________ On display from April 3-11 at SAIC galleries, Open Mondays-Saturdays from 11 am-6pm 33 E. Washington St, Chicago, Illinois Check out mine and all the other amazing seniors thesis work at the Spring 2026 undergraduate exhibition💚

North Texas artists create artwork addressing immigration issues. #ImmigrationNews #AsylumNewsUpdates

Create a miniature model of the Playas de Tijuana U.S.-Mexico border we used as a canvas in 2019 to illustrate immigrant stories while listening to this audio outlining your rights: ICE, Safe Zones, & what you can legally do. Disclaimer: I’m not a lawyer and this is not legal advice. Original audio by @randa.rivera (IG & TikTok) #humanizarhistorias #knowyourrights #artsandcrafts #humanrights

What landed for me was this: people took all of their pain, all that energy and despair, and transmuted it into something creative. And by witnessing it, we get to metabolize it too — like a collective transformation of what the art is holding. And that felt liberating, deeply nourishing to me. It also brought back so many stories from my twenties — organizing, being a revolutionary, working for large scale systemic change. I felt closer to that version of me, loving her fiercely, reinvigorated to that spirit. And of course there was that one piece: the one of the Virgen de Guadalupe as a “wanted” criminal. Claiming how she’s been a source of support for people on the frontera in their final hours… that one stayed with me. I made it out because m a comment telling me to go, reminding me that there are hidden treasures everywhere if we share what we are looking for . If a museum feels intimidating — like lily-white San Marino — go anyway. The art requires your soul. And even though this was all made years ago, it still speaks volumes today.

El arte también puede salvar vidas, por eso colaboramos con @alinakiliwa , cuyos murales y letras nos recuerdan la fuerza de la migración. Hoy tú también puedes ser parte de este mensaje: dona y ayuda a proteger a quienes más lo necesitan🌎 #Colabora

Grateful to Carolina Miranda for this beautiful and insightful review of my exhibition at CECUT. Link in my Linktree in the bio. Gracias a Carolina Miranda por esta reseña tan profunda y luminosa sobre mi exposición en el CECUT. Si quieren leerla, pueden encontrar el enlace en mi Linktree en la bio.