Trauma

ByMaria “Lupita” Roa

“Trauma is prevalent in a chihuahua’s life as she copes and struggles with the monstrous entity.”

Lupita Roa is studying Animation and Digital Arts at USC. She specializes in storytelling, character design, and animation. She comes from tragic, abusive past that forced her to retreat to her screen of cartoons. Lupita is a phoenix, recently risen from the ashes of her past life, and hopes to grow and spread her wings in this new era. Now, Lupita sips boba, laughs with her friends while doodling cartoons, takes care of her younger sister, and goes to therapy every Wednesday so she can continue finding the roses in the bushes of thorns. She had a broken childhood, but now she has a thriving adulthood.

You can check out Lupita’s portfolio here.