**About Paloma Villarreal** Paloma Villarreal is a Mexican-American painter specializing in acrylics and mixed media, currently residing in Mexico City. She often portrays her struggles growing up in her work, which has changed from exploratory, tumultuous, intimate, cathartic, and lately nostalgic and calming. She brings her passion for women’s rights and empowerment to her work, as well as food, fashion, colors and cozy corners. Her work is intended not only to be aesthetically pleasing, but also engaging and endearing.