I AM YOUth

Honoring lives we lost to the continuous atrocity of school shootings.

Year: 2022
Medium: watercolor on paper & scanned to include digital text

In an effort to support and amplify voices that are grieving and doing their level best in taking action, I made this mixed media piece in their honor. There’s simply not enough space to include names of all those who died in school shootings of Newton, Connecticut (2012), Parkland, Florida (2018), and Ulvade, Texas (2022) to name a few.
Scroll below to see some of the names and ages in full.

EVERYTOWN
The largest gun violence prevention organization in America. This organization includes advocacy groups such as “Moms Demand Action”.

List of Names Included in Painting

May 24, 2022
Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas
Alexandria Aniyah Rubio (10)
Alithia Ramirez (10)
Amerie Jo (10)
Annabell Guadalupe Rodriguez (10)
Aliahana Guadalupe Rodriguez (10)
Eliahana Cruz Torres (10)
Eliana Garcia (9)
Eva Mireles (44)
Irma Garcia
Jackie Cazares (10)
Jailah Nicole Silguero (10)
Jayce Luevanos (10)
Jose Flores (10)
Layla Salazar (10)
Makenna Lee Elrod (10)
Maite Rodriguez
Miranda Mathis (11)
Nevaeh Bravo
Rojelio Torres (10)
Tess Marie Mata
Uziyah Garcia (10)
Xavier Lopez (10)

February 14, 2018
Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida
Alyssa Alhadeff (14)
Scott Beigel (35)
Martin Anguiano (14)
Nicholas Dworet (17)
Aaron Feis (37)
Jaime Guttenberg (14)
Chris Hixon (49)
Luke Hoyer (15)
Cara Loughran (14)
Gina Montalto (14)
Joaquin Oliver (17)
Alaina Petty (14)
Meadow Pollack (18)
Helena Ramsay (17)
Alex Schacter (14)
Carmen Schentrup (16)
Peter Wang (15)

December 14, 2012
Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newton, Connecticut
Allison Wyatt (6)
Ana Marquez-Greene (6)
Anne Marie Murphy (52)
Avielle Richman (6)
Benjamin Wheeler (6)
Caroline Previdi (6)
Catherine Hubbard (6)
Charlotte Bacon (6)
Chase Kowalski (7)
Daniel Barden (7)
Dawn Hochsprung (47)
Dylan Hockley (6)
Emilie Parker (6)
Grace McDonnell (7)
Jack Pinto (6)
James Mattioli (6)
Jesse Lewis (6)
Jessica Rekos (6)
Josephine Gay (7)
Lauren Rousseau (30)
Madeleine Hsu (6)
Mary Sherlach (56)
Nancy Lanza (52)
Noah Pozner (6)
Olivia Engel (6)
Rachel Davino (29)
Victoria Soto (27)