«Pájaro que choca ventana» begins with the devastating pain my family suffered due to my aunt’s absence. Years after her death—on a Tuesday, June 13th—I was born. They named me María Jorgelina: María, chosen by my mother, and Jorgelina, in her honor. Unconsciously, I always sought to differentiate myself.

I felt the need to leave home to discover myself. I crashed into the invisible, reached the depths, cried, withered, and carried on.

I kept searching for images through my camera where I could recognize myself, and in the end, I returned to my origins and to the women in my family. I found myself, and I saw her. I recognized myself, and I bloomed.

This project is a journey through my identity, a search that leads back to the origin—to my name and the legacy I unknowingly inherited with it. It is a path to bring us closer and to free  myself/ourselves together.

Through this process, I understood that death is not the end but the beginning of a living transformation. The project brings together personal and family archive photographs.

Sometimes, I wonder: if she were alive, what would my name be?