Luiza Folegatti is a Brazilian artist based in North Adams (USA). Previously, she spent five years in Berlin (Germany) integrating artistic practice, teaching, and social advocacy work around the rights of women migrants. Her work focuses on gender and migration, and she applies photography, video, performance, and visual anthropology methods. Luiza strongly believes in the positive impact generated by projects that combine photography, education, and community building. She has taught photography at HMKW Berlin (Germany) and Bennington College (USA), besides facilitating photography workshops for several non-profits supporting immigrants. Currently she is producing a photo essay about mothers and daughters in the Berkshires and their experiences with migration.