"What is your favorite part about yourself?"
- Mila Fields-Zayas
Mila Fields-Zaya
Project Description
Mila Fields-Zayas created a mural based on responses she received from questions asked of BIPOC women around communities where we are taught that we are less than. Mila filmed some of these conversations and is creating a documentary of the work in process.
Artist Bio
Mila Fields-Zayas (she/they) has always had a passion for art and social justice. She was born and raised in New York, moved to New Orleans, Louisiana, and then to Boston where she began her journey at predominantly white schools. She has struggled to have a voice in these white spaces and has since been searching for a community while finding ways to stay involved in social change and organizing. Her goals are to support BIPOC to find voices within themselves, and to not need to rely on whiteness for success. She is the founder and leader of her predominantly white institution's (PWI) Black Student Union, and works to make sure that Black students in these white spaces can have outlets of freedom.
“I want to highlight how beautiful and strong Black women are by creating a mural full of quotes from Black women in my community. Often we are seen as victims and while Black women do mourn often, we are not weak. Right now I feel as though we all need a reminder of how powerful and beautiful we all are, even when we are marching in the streets and things feel overwhelming and upsetting. I want to make something for us by us.”
- Mila Fields-Zayas
I Cant Breathe, 2019
OINK OINK, 2020
Above photos are Mila’s artwork and several application pictures.