A pumpkin-pie starship. A turkey pilot on a mission. An axolotl caught in the cosmic beam. Constellations from two different realms.

I grew up moving between two places, San Diego, California and San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. Two cultures, two languages, two sets of traditions, and two different ways of celebrating holidays like Thanksgiving. Some years I celebrated with my family in California. Other years I was in Mexico, where Thanksgiving isn’t a national holiday but still became a treasured family ritual we carried across borders.

Living between worlds can make you feel like you don’t fully belong to either, but it also gives you a creative superpower because you learn to see the world from multiple angles at once.

For me, that became fuel for my imagination.

I grew up noticing details others rushed past. The way landscapes change. The way food smells different in different seasons. The way cultures tell stories in different rhythms. The way humor works in one place and shifts in another.

As a neurodiverse artist with autism, the in-between spaces have always felt like home. I often experience the world in rich textures, patterns, and connections that don’t fit neatly inside one culture or another. So when I sit down to draw or make art I don’t try to choose between them, I let them blend and mix in unexpected ways.

Sci-Pie illustrates my story of being from two places at once, and how that opens portals in your imagination. When you grow up crossing borders, your art learns to cross them too. So whether you’re celebrating Thanksgiving in California, Mexico, or somewhere completely different, I hope this piece brings a smile and reminds you that imagination has no borders. 

Happy Thanksgiving from all my worlds to yours.