The film, “Olga’s Kitchen” which was filmed over the span of three years ( 2019 - 2022), traces my mother's migration from Michoacán,Mexico, to CDMX, and finally to Los Angeles, California. The "telling" happens in the kitchen and also while driving across the Tijuana/U.S border. Through a series of oral histories, that often feel like testimonials, I learned of the grievances that caused my grandmother and mother to relocate from Michoacán for CDMX.

These intimate confessional moments amongst three generations of women highlight patterns of displacement and dispossession while asserting the resilience, joy and complexity of migrant families who leave behind Mexico's rich countryside for industrialized cities shaped by economic disparities.