A 'Little' About Me

Origins

I am living proof that what tries to bury you can become the very soil where you rise. I don’t just create designs, I carry scars and strength stitched into every piece, because I’ve lived them too.

I carry my mother’s warmth and my grandmother’s wisdom, both rooted in the soil of Venezuela. I was carried from the soil of my homeland into the path God set for me in the United States, learning to navigate a new culture while carrying the weight of ancestral wounds. Growing up, I often felt like the black sheep, hiding my truth, wrestling with scarcity, and questioning my worth. In time, I faced another layer of transformation when I came out to my family and had to learn, once again, what it meant to belong. Through loss, healing, and the choice to live authentically, I found my way back to the compass my grandmother planted within me, the steady guidance of my heart.

My journey has taught me that we are not defined by what we lose but by how we rise. My days are shaped by small rituals that keep me grounded journaling with a warm cup of tea, walking in nature, creating art, and laughing through deep conversations. I live much of my life the same way I create, with honesty, curiosity, and heart. Beyond Exposed, I am simply human, no different than those I walk beside. Every design and every piece of art carries both scars and strength, reminding us that healing is possible and that becoming is a lifelong journey.

Passionate, loyal, tender, and imperfect, I have walked roads I never thought I’d travel. I have been loved and misunderstood, needed and abandoned, lost and discovered again. I exist everywhere and nowhere, holding both emptiness and fullness within me. I have let go of friends, and at times, even of the life I thought was mine. Yet in that surrender, I was reborn. Not everyone can see my vision, and that is okay. Some catch pieces of it, while others never will. What matters is that I chose to say yes to God. I embraced His calling, released the identity I once clung to, and gave myself fully to all that He is.

With love and truth,
Jessika D.

-Founder of Exposed-