Julia spent her formative years moving around the US and visiting Mexico, but spent several years in San Diego. Traveling and moving had a deep influence on her creative streak. Her love of the colors and folk art of Mexico and her love of the Spanish architecture in San Diego combined, ensuring that her art, music and writing would be influenced by each culture to some extent. Her time living in the Midwest, North and Southeast gave her a strong connection to rolling hills as well as bustling cities. Her stint in New Mexico further deepened her love of the desert and created a love for Native American art. Whether inspecting cacti in the desert, dodging alligators in the swamp, hanging around art shows in the city, swimming in the ocean, or tasting pine needles in the fog, Julia always had a hankering for simple adventures and living! Her goal, whether through painting, writing, sharing music, dancing, or conversing is to share that love of life with others and to encourage expression of self! She wrote Flamenco Is as an ode to the adventures she has found in dancing and in life itself.