{"id":903,"date":"2025-11-11T12:49:42","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T11:49:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conhacheaunqueseamuda.com\/about-me\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T14:33:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T13:33:54","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/conhacheaunqueseamuda.com\/en\/about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"About me"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kb-row-layout-id903_ed7653-d2 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id903_ed7653-d2 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id903_ed7653-d2 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);padding-top:0px;padding-right:var(--global-kb-spacing-md, 2rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-left:var(--global-kb-spacing-md, 2rem);grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}.kb-row-layout-id903_ed7653-d2 > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all and (max-width: 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src=\"https:\/\/conhacheaunqueseamuda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/esther-gomez-madrid-ilustracion-educacion-artistica-salud-mental_11zon.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/conhacheaunqueseamuda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/esther-gomez-madrid-ilustracion-educacion-artistica-salud-mental_11zon.webp 1000w, https:\/\/conhacheaunqueseamuda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/esther-gomez-madrid-ilustracion-educacion-artistica-salud-mental_11zon-197x300.webp 197w, https:\/\/conhacheaunqueseamuda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/esther-gomez-madrid-ilustracion-educacion-artistica-salud-mental_11zon-673x1024.webp 673w, https:\/\/conhacheaunqueseamuda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/esther-gomez-madrid-ilustracion-educacion-artistica-salud-mental_11zon-768x1168.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"433\" height=\"22\" src=\"https:\/\/conhacheaunqueseamuda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/divisor-azul.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-197\" style=\"width:394px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/conhacheaunqueseamuda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/divisor-azul.png 433w, https:\/\/conhacheaunqueseamuda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/divisor-azul-300x15.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 433px) 100vw, 433px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading903_b639dd-fb, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading903_b639dd-fb[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading903_b639dd-fb\"]{margin-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);font-size:var(--global-kb-font-size-md, 1.25rem);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-family:\"patufet-gras\", helvetica, arial, sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading903_b639dd-fb mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading903_b639dd-fb[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading903_b639dd-fb\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading903_b639dd-fb img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading903_b639dd-fb[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading903_b639dd-fb\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading903_b639dd-fb wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading903_b639dd-fb\">WHO AM I?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m Esther G\u00f3mez Madrid \u2014Esther con Hache (Esther with an H, even if it\u2019s silent)\u2014 an illustrator and visual storyteller from the Campamento neighborhood in Madrid. I grew up in the 1980s, when military boots still hung from power lines to mark soldiers\u2019 discharge. Very early on I knew my calling was to tell stories: I observe, think, draw, and narrate through images.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My neighborhood shaped the way I look: the quiet beauty of vacant lots, long narrow sidewalks beside empty barracks, the old N-5 cutting through as a border, and two shores stitched together by underpasses. These everyday landscapes\u2014now at risk of disappearing\u2014beat on the surface and underneath, waiting to be told. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At home, no book was off-limits if I could reach it with my height or my wits. From that childhood reading chaos at my grandparents\u2019 house grew a fertile mix of references that still nourishes me. Through my illustrations, I try to share that same pleasure and genuine sense of wonder for stories and images.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A name is something you earn. That\u2019s why I sign as Esther con Hache (even if it\u2019s silent). If you\u2019d like to know how I earned mine, come along\u2026  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"433\" height=\"22\" src=\"https:\/\/conhacheaunqueseamuda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/divisor-azul.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-197\" style=\"width:394px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/conhacheaunqueseamuda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/divisor-azul.png 433w, https:\/\/conhacheaunqueseamuda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/divisor-azul-300x15.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 433px) 100vw, 433px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-image.kb-image903_14e360-69:not(.kb-specificity-added):not(.kb-extra-specificity-added){margin-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-xl, 4rem);}.kb-image903_14e360-69.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .kb-image903_14e360-69 .kb-image-is-ratio-size{max-width:164px;width:100%;}.wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image903_14e360-69.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image903_14e360-69 .kb-image-is-ratio-size{align-self:unset;}.kb-image903_14e360-69{max-width:164px;}.image-is-svg.kb-image903_14e360-69{-webkit-flex:0 1 100%;flex:0 1 100%;}.image-is-svg.kb-image903_14e360-69 img{width:100%;}.kb-image903_14e360-69 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image903_14e360-69 size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"417\" src=\"https:\/\/conhacheaunqueseamuda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/sobre-mi-pata-1-esther-gomez.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/conhacheaunqueseamuda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/sobre-mi-pata-1-esther-gomez.jpg 250w, https:\/\/conhacheaunqueseamuda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/sobre-mi-pata-1-esther-gomez-180x300.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"433\" height=\"22\" src=\"https:\/\/conhacheaunqueseamuda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/divisor-azul.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-197\" style=\"width:394px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/conhacheaunqueseamuda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/divisor-azul.png 433w, https:\/\/conhacheaunqueseamuda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/divisor-azul-300x15.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 433px) 100vw, 433px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading903_761d23-1d, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading903_761d23-1d[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading903_761d23-1d\"]{margin-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);font-size:var(--global-kb-font-size-md, 1.25rem);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-family:\"patufet-gras\", helvetica, arial, sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading903_761d23-1d mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading903_761d23-1d[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading903_761d23-1d\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading903_761d23-1d img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading903_761d23-1d[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading903_761d23-1d\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading903_761d23-1d wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading903_761d23-1d\">PILLAR 1: ILLUSTRATION<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I earned my BFA from the Complutense University of Madrid the same year The Bride took her revenge on Bill and the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad in cinemas. Three years later, I completed a Diploma in Graphic Design at IED Madrid\u2014around the time Harry Potter was training Dumbledore\u2019s Army. On both paths I learned the craft of visual language. I\u2019m still learning: there\u2019s always more to discover, and I hope that focused curiosity stays with me\u2014it means I\u2019m still passionate about my work. I also completed Iconi\u2019s now-discontinued Master\u2019s in Illustrated Children\u2019s Picture Books and a wide range of workshops that deepened my visual storytelling and creative processes, learning from professionals in illustration and comics.    <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since 2023, I\u2019ve collaborated with Fundaci\u00f3n Adecco on a guide for HR departments to support the workplace inclusion of people with mental health conditions, and on the Aflora campaign, focused on raising awareness about invisible disabilities. In 2024, Fundaci\u00f3n Prevent and Esade awarded my creative communication project Con hache aunque sea muda as one of the three best entrepreneurial initiatives in the 2023\u201324 \u201cAprende y Emprende\u201d program. In 2025, I took part\u2014alongside a wonderful collective of Ukrainian artists\u2014in the Catena Art Artistic Residency, culminating in a group exhibition at Imaguru (Madrid).  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My first publications came with Santillana and Baula (children\u2019s textbooks). For SM, I illustrated the\u2014now discontinued\u2014series \u201cNina y su familia.\u201d With Anaya I\u2019ve published several children\u2019s and YA titles, including Fede quiere ser pirata (M\u00e1laga City Children\u2019s Literature Prize 2011 for Pablo Aranda\u2019s text, with a Korean edition), Mi primer libro de Gloria Fuertes, X-Leonora, and La torre de Babel, all in the Sopa de Libros collection. Edelvives continues to publish Gotas de cristal (Ala Delta). Pum pum, hice da\u00f1o a la luna (NubeOcho) has been published in the United States, Turkey, and China, and received Second Prize at the 2017 International Latino Book Awards.    <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Selected group exhibitions:<br>2025 \u2014 Catena Art Artistic Residency with a collective of Ukrainian artists, Imaguru (Madrid).<br>2016 \u2014 Un peque\u00f1o gran planeta. Mad3, Galer\u00eda Mad is Mad (Madrid). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"433\" height=\"22\" src=\"https:\/\/conhacheaunqueseamuda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/divisor-azul.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-197\" style=\"width:394px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/conhacheaunqueseamuda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/divisor-azul.png 433w, https:\/\/conhacheaunqueseamuda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/divisor-azul-300x15.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 433px) 100vw, 433px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-image.kb-image903_2dc5fc-78:not(.kb-specificity-added):not(.kb-extra-specificity-added){margin-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-xl, 4rem);}.kb-image903_2dc5fc-78.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .kb-image903_2dc5fc-78 .kb-image-is-ratio-size{max-width:164px;width:100%;}.wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image903_2dc5fc-78.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image903_2dc5fc-78 .kb-image-is-ratio-size{align-self:unset;}.kb-image903_2dc5fc-78{max-width:164px;}.image-is-svg.kb-image903_2dc5fc-78{-webkit-flex:0 1 100%;flex:0 1 100%;}.image-is-svg.kb-image903_2dc5fc-78 img{width:100%;}.kb-image903_2dc5fc-78 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image903_2dc5fc-78 size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"417\" src=\"https:\/\/conhacheaunqueseamuda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/sobre-mi-pata-2-esther-gomez.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/conhacheaunqueseamuda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/sobre-mi-pata-2-esther-gomez.jpg 250w, https:\/\/conhacheaunqueseamuda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/sobre-mi-pata-2-esther-gomez-180x300.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"433\" height=\"22\" src=\"https:\/\/conhacheaunqueseamuda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/divisor-azul.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-197\" style=\"width:394px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/conhacheaunqueseamuda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/divisor-azul.png 433w, https:\/\/conhacheaunqueseamuda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/divisor-azul-300x15.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 433px) 100vw, 433px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading903_505d45-90, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading903_505d45-90[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading903_505d45-90\"]{margin-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);font-size:var(--global-kb-font-size-md, 1.25rem);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-family:\"patufet-gras\", helvetica, arial, sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading903_505d45-90 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading903_505d45-90[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading903_505d45-90\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading903_505d45-90 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading903_505d45-90[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading903_505d45-90\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading903_505d45-90 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading903_505d45-90\">Pillar 2: ART EDUCATION<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Alongside my studies and my work as an illustrator, I developed a deep interest in art education. I\u2019ve always believed that looking at and discovering the world with an open, non-judgmental gaze\u2014one that welcomes aesthetic experience and imagination\u2014enriches us and helps shape who we are. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For six wonderful years I worked as a contemporary art educator, mainly at La Casa Encendida, where I engaged visitors\u2014adults, children, and teenagers\u2014in dialogue to bring them closer to contemporary artworks. I sought to link their interests with the themes of each exhibition and to share my fascination, sense of wonder, and the questions\u2014often without a single answer\u2014that art raises. I also facilitated creative activities that allowed participants to experience and connect with their own abilities through hands-on visual art making.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I likewise worked for seven years as an educator and collaborator with PEAC (the Enrichment Program for High-Ability Students) of the Community of Madrid. From artistic and humanistic perspectives, I designed and delivered content and activities to introduce primary school students to art and visual language, and to the pleasure of storytelling and reading through curiosity and wonder. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a freelance art educator, I have led workshops and guided visits at institutions such as the Museo Reina Sof\u00eda, the Museo del Prado, and the Fundaci\u00f3n ICO, partnering with various organizations and companies to bring art and creativity to children, teenagers, families, and diverse groups, including migrants and people with disabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"433\" height=\"22\" src=\"https:\/\/conhacheaunqueseamuda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/divisor-azul.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-197\" style=\"width:394px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/conhacheaunqueseamuda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/divisor-azul.png 433w, https:\/\/conhacheaunqueseamuda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/divisor-azul-300x15.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 433px) 100vw, 433px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-image.kb-image903_c5db88-14:not(.kb-specificity-added):not(.kb-extra-specificity-added){margin-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-xl, 4rem);}.kb-image903_c5db88-14.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .kb-image903_c5db88-14 .kb-image-is-ratio-size{max-width:164px;width:100%;}.wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image903_c5db88-14.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image903_c5db88-14 .kb-image-is-ratio-size{align-self:unset;}.kb-image903_c5db88-14{max-width:164px;}.image-is-svg.kb-image903_c5db88-14{-webkit-flex:0 1 100%;flex:0 1 100%;}.image-is-svg.kb-image903_c5db88-14 img{width:100%;}.kb-image903_c5db88-14 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image903_c5db88-14 size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"417\" src=\"https:\/\/conhacheaunqueseamuda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/sobre-mi-pata-3-esther-gomez.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/conhacheaunqueseamuda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/sobre-mi-pata-3-esther-gomez.jpg 250w, https:\/\/conhacheaunqueseamuda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/sobre-mi-pata-3-esther-gomez-180x300.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"433\" height=\"22\" src=\"https:\/\/conhacheaunqueseamuda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/divisor-azul.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-197\" style=\"width:394px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/conhacheaunqueseamuda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/divisor-azul.png 433w, https:\/\/conhacheaunqueseamuda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/divisor-azul-300x15.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 433px) 100vw, 433px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading903_69ebac-7e, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading903_69ebac-7e[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading903_69ebac-7e\"]{margin-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);font-size:var(--global-kb-font-size-md, 1.25rem);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-family:\"patufet-gras\", helvetica, arial, sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading903_69ebac-7e mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading903_69ebac-7e[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading903_69ebac-7e\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading903_69ebac-7e img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading903_69ebac-7e[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading903_69ebac-7e\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading903_69ebac-7e wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading903_69ebac-7e\">Pillar 3: mental health<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019ve made it this far, I\u2019d like to share how I earned my name: Esther, with an H\u2014even if it\u2019s silent. I\u2019m a woman, mother, daughter, friend, illustrator, and art educator who has also lived for over ten years with a mental health diagnosis. I lead an ordinary life, and I also bring the experience of having gone through\u2014and understood\u2014these processes from the inside.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like the silent \u201ch\u201d in Spanish\u2014like the one in my own name\u2014there were years when I was mute: present, but quiet. Even so, I didn\u2019t stand still. I learned to live with my condition, to accept and integrate it as part of me, and little by little I rebuilt my voice\u2014both personal and visual. This website is part of that journey back to my natural language: images.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During that period, less active in illustration, I accompanied others in their own paths, sharing tools from the visual and plastic arts to say what words sometimes can\u2019t. For more than four years I launched the Creative Workshop at AMAFE\u2014even through the pandemic and lockdown\u2014fostering expressive skills, learning visual language, and weaving ties with the city\u2019s cultural life through exhibition visits I facilitated for my peers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have led workshops for Fundaci\u00f3n Adecco, designed for people with psychosocial disabilities, and until mid-2025 I worked as a Workshop Instructor at the Arturo Soria Labor Rehabilitation Center (Fundaci\u00f3n Hermanas Hospitalarias). There I had the privilege of confirming, in practice, the value of art education and artistic expression within recovery processes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An important note: I have deep respect for therapists and art therapists\u2014they have helped me, too. I am not a therapist and I don\u2019t provide therapy. 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My role is to open new channels of expression and to accompany creative processes with respect and care\u2014feeling and enjoying the work as we go.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"433\" height=\"22\" src=\"https:\/\/conhacheaunqueseamuda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/divisor-azul.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-197\" style=\"width:394px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/conhacheaunqueseamuda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/divisor-azul.png 433w, https:\/\/conhacheaunqueseamuda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/divisor-azul-300x15.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 433px) 100vw, 433px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<style>.kb-image903_5922ee-c0 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image903_5922ee-c0\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/conhacheaunqueseamuda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/RATON-1_SOBRE-MI_5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/conhacheaunqueseamuda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/RATON-1_SOBRE-MI_5.jpg 800w, https:\/\/conhacheaunqueseamuda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/RATON-1_SOBRE-MI_5-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/conhacheaunqueseamuda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/RATON-1_SOBRE-MI_5-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/conhacheaunqueseamuda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/RATON-1_SOBRE-MI_5-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WHO AM I? 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