Living on the border between Mexico and the United States, I have witnessed the ongoing realities of forced migration as they unfold in everyday life—an experience echoed across borders worldwide.

What Remains focuses on the personal belongings carried by immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers. These objects—often all that survives a journey of displacement—become survival essentials, lifelines, quiet testimonies of loss, memory, and resilience.

Photographed between Ciudad Juárez and El Paso, Texas, during 2019 and 2020, the series traces families from Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua as they navigate uncertainty in search of safety and belonging.