How did you first become interested in fashion? What was your first memory of loving clothing?
"I was raised by a really stylish mom. She was eclectic and experimental in her choices. I lived in and out of stores so it was inevitable that I got into fashion. My Aunt Daisy and Uncle Oscar gave me my first Louis Vuitton Speedy when I was five- years-old. It was such a great moment. The interest in clothing sparked when I was eight and I wanted to be Madonna. I remember going to J. Bryons with my mom and getting all the bracelets, the lace headbands, and gloves."

Ann Taylor flower dress, belt, necklace, bracelet, cuff, and clutch; Jeffrey Campbell spiked Litas.

Photographed by Karla Garcia