LITTLE RHODY
MY STORY
In 2017, my dad was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease and Colon Cancer. In 2018, I suffered two miscarriages. In 2019, I finally had my beautiful rainbow baby, but my marriage went through a devastatingly difficult season. By that point, it felt as though I was falling apart, broken beyond repair. I couldn't take anymore. I had two options: fold over, give up, and become bitter or do some personal development and become the best version of me as possible. Fortunately, I chose the second option.
Through reflection, and hard work in therapy I realized I had lost pieces of me through the years in order to make others happy or to just move forward without truly processing pain and disappointment. I decided to dig deep and figure out who I really am. What makes me happy? What makes me feel alive?
I had stopped making art for so long. The reasons aren't important now. However, I realized creating art has been extremely therapeutic. When I'm painting or drawing, I feel free. I'm in my element. I am able to articulate what I'm feeling inside and process those feelings without using words. It's a safe space to become vulnerable and allow others into the most secret places of my heart.
I've made changes and I've become stronger; physically, mentally, and spiritually. Every day I make the effort to stay true to myself. I’m not just a wife or mother or daughter or my occupation.
I'm still me. Pamela Rojas. A beautiful, creative, powerful woman.
The creative, bold, confident, unique spirit that I am is rising up from the ashes. I feel free... free to be unashamedly the best version of me.
MY PROFESSIONAL
STORY
When finishing up college, I thought I was going to move to New York and work for a magazine in page layout. That did not happen and I ended up going down the career path of Art Teaching for a while. And, as life so often does, it threw me some monkey wrenches and I've held different positions in different fields, developing new skills as well as sharpening already acquired ones. However, through the years, I never let go of that creative spark and threw myself into whatever creative project I could both in my professional and personal life.
I've become a well-rounded person with a wide variety of skill sets and I've learned to become flexible, knowing that no experience is ever wasted. It's never too late to come back to your roots, and run after your dreams.
What are my dreams you ask? Well, one of them is to continue to grow professionally in the art community.
Creativity and design fuel me.