#Platano girls serve to empower all women to live unapologetically
freely and righteously. My oil paint and mixed media portraits express the beauty and
strength in santeria as a method of survival that has been passed on through generations
in order to cope with the racism and discrimination people of color face
everyday. and Keywords: women of color, oil paint, mixed media, fabric, silk,
empowerment, recontextualizing, Santeria, embedded narratives, beads, Dominican
Republic, latinx, queer, black, portraits, intersectional feminism, critical race
studies, reincarnation, spirituality, liminal space.