I was eight years old when I became one of the 2.3 million children in America who have experienced having a parent that is or was incarcerated for an extended period of time. This wasn’t the first time my father was arrested, but it was the first time I was old enough to somewhat comprehend what was happening.
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Documentation of work displayed in The Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA.