This series of photographs challenges beauty ideals and raises awareness about the lack of women of color in the beauty and fashion industry. Through photographing under represented women and products designed for them with empowerment, elegance, and grandness my photographs elevate identities that are often never seen as beautiful. As a hispanic, female photographer in a white, male dominated industry it is important for me to break these barriers and to ensure that future generations see the representation that I was seeking as a young woman. I am interested in leading by example not following the crowd – I want to see change in the industry.