Album: FIGURES
Square images print from 12x12 to 24x24.
Rectangular images print from 11x14 inches up to 24x32 inches.
Square images print from 12x12 to 24x24.
Rectangular images print from 11x14 inches up to 24x32 inches.
I along with my collaborator/model Charis Hill received First Place/Best of Show from Sebastopol Center for the Arts, "Who Are You," Identity Show, October 2020. https://www.sebarts.org/who-are-you
Unstoppable, award-winning advocate for the axial spondyloarthritis/ankylosing spondylitis community since 2013, Charis is a professionally disabled, autistic writer, speaker and model living with Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS), Major Depressive Disorder, Anxiety and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Charis’ story has been featured in mainstream media and in a 2019 documentary (Becoming Incurable). They have spoken about disability and chronic disease at numerous events including the Sacramento Changemakers TEDx series (2017); the Sacramento Women’s March (2018, 2020), the Health Advocacy Summit (California, 2019), Galvanize CA by The United State of Women (2019), and on healthcare panels, press conferences, in legislative hearings, and with members of Congress on Capitol Hill.
Charis has been instrumental in creating spondyloarthritis disease treatment guidelines; designing and conducting patient-centered rheumatological research; forming international criteria for disease treatment outcomes; participating in esteemed market research panels; creating research guidelines; and is consistently involved in national/international advocacy, awareness, and legislative campaigns to improve spondylitis education, funding, and access to treatment.
They have modeled in Los Angeles Style Fashion Week and New York Fashion Week; and have been featured on the cover of Féroce magazine, Arthritis Today, Spondylitis Plus magazine, and in numerous Sacramento-based magazines.
In 2014 Charis was awarded the Progress in Policy Award by the Arthritis Foundation, Pacific Region, for efforts in statewide and national legislative advocacy efforts. They volunteer as member of the Spondylitis Association of America advocacy committee and attend professional rheumatology events with the same organization; and are a member of the CreakyJoints/Global Healthy Living Foundation (GHLF) Patient Council and COVID-19 Patient Leadership Council.
Charis writes for various media outlets; with bylines on HealthCentral, Healthline, Business Insider, The Mighty, AnkylosingSpondylitis.net, and This AS Life; including cover stories for Arthritis Today and Spondylitis Plus magazine.
Charis graduated in 2009 from Meredith College, Magna Cum Laude, with a BA in Sociology and minors in Psychology and Women’s Studies. When able, they enjoy sewing, cooking, gardening, thrift store shopping, attending Burning Man, and loving two very furry Maine-coon cats (Dora and Juno) and one fluffy ragdoll cat (Madge).)
These photos are from my project with Charis Hill to explore identity issues in a way that might help others. Charis is committed to exploring their identity and working with them on this project has helped me to explore my issues as well. Though these are not my own self-portrait, Charis and I quite possibly share in our identity as bi-racial.
Charis is adopted and her racial background is unknown though she is Asian/white-appearing. I know that I am Asian/white and I struggle with identity.
About Charis: https://ankylosingspondylitis.net/?fbclid=IwAR1lVNt-rXmZhczSUOwxoqFbs81BWW0j2fACy3vc_rAIMzUNcwvtqjixwfY
Unstoppable, award-winning advocate for the axial spondyloarthritis/ankylosing spondylitis community since 2013, Charis is a professionally disabled, autistic writer, speaker and model living with Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS), Major Depressive Disorder, Anxiety and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Charis’ story has been featured in mainstream media and in a 2019 documentary (Becoming Incurable). They have spoken about disability and chronic disease at numerous events including the Sacramento Changemakers TEDx series (2017); the Sacramento Women’s March (2018, 2020), the Health Advocacy Summit (California, 2019), Galvanize CA by The United State of Women (2019), and on healthcare panels, press conferences, in legislative hearings, and with members of Congress on Capitol Hill.
Charis has been instrumental in creating spondyloarthritis disease treatment guidelines; designing and conducting patient-centered rheumatological research; forming international criteria for disease treatment outcomes; participating in esteemed market research panels; creating research guidelines; and is consistently involved in national/international advocacy, awareness, and legislative campaigns to improve spondylitis education, funding, and access to treatment.
They have modeled in Los Angeles Style Fashion Week and New York Fashion Week; and have been featured on the cover of Féroce magazine, Arthritis Today, Spondylitis Plus magazine, and in numerous Sacramento-based magazines.
In 2014 Charis was awarded the Progress in Policy Award by the Arthritis Foundation, Pacific Region, for efforts in statewide and national legislative advocacy efforts. They volunteer as member of the Spondylitis Association of America advocacy committee and attend professional rheumatology events with the same organization; and are a member of the CreakyJoints/Global Healthy Living Foundation (GHLF) Patient Council and COVID-19 Patient Leadership Council.
Charis writes for various media outlets; with bylines on HealthCentral, Healthline, Business Insider, The Mighty, AnkylosingSpondylitis.net, and This AS Life; including cover stories for Arthritis Today and Spondylitis Plus magazine.
Charis graduated in 2009 from Meredith College, Magna Cum Laude, with a BA in Sociology and minors in Psychology and Women’s Studies. When able, they enjoy sewing, cooking, gardening, thrift store shopping, attending Burning Man, and loving two very furry Maine-coon cats (Dora and Juno) and one fluffy ragdoll cat (Madge).)
These photos are from my project with Charis Hill to explore identity issues in a way that might help others. Charis is committed to exploring their identity and working with them on this project has helped me to explore my issues as well. Though these are not my own self-portrait, Charis and I quite possibly share in our identity as bi-racial.
Charis is adopted and her racial background is unknown though she is Asian/white-appearing. I know that I am Asian/white and I struggle with identity.
About Charis: https://ankylosingspondylitis.net/?fbclid=IwAR1lVNt-rXmZhczSUOwxoqFbs81BWW0j2fACy3vc_rAIMzUNcwvtqjixwfY
