Mariana Espinosa is a Fashion Design student at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Her work is focused on sustainable methods of design, taking inspiration from her Aztec ancestry and Texan upbringing. Additionally, she find great pleasure in black and white photography which she uses to depict her to both the environment around her and the people inhabiting it. Journalism and poetry are also manifested due to her love of words and care for social justice issues.