Wilson is a photographer based in Tempe, Arizona

I was raised by a grandmother with a Capricorn sun and a mother with a Virgo moon. Now for those who know nothing about astrology or are skeptical of it, that is just my way to explain that the need to be a part of the business world was instilled in me from the start. From helping with the family care homes from the moment I learned to walk to starting my own photography business when I was fifteen to now being president of the Philippine American Student Association.

My family's care home is where I first saw that having an effective and successful business is not one measured by how much money you make or the size of it. It all starts with the quality and passion you dedicate to it. Profit and expansion comes along when you know what is the core values of the company. My family consists of an immigrant who moved to this country on her own and had to raise two children by herself and a single teen mother who put herself through college despite having people, including family, not believing she could do it. Because of how they were able to raise me and ensure that I have the best quality of life, I now can be determined to thrive in an industry that has not had been precedent to be particularly kind to people like me.

I am currently attending ASU for a degree in business entrepreneurship and a minor in music theater. My photography journey started when i was fifteen and took photos of my friend's cosplays at anime conventions. From this somewhat embarrassing beginnings, i discovered my love for being the middle-man in having people discover confidence that they may not have been able to see beforehand. The beauty in photography is that I will always be learning and growing as an artist. So I decided that getting a Business Entrepreneurship degree was what is most beneficial to develop my photography into something more. 

I am a second-generation Filipino-American who is also non-binary, uses they/them pronouns, and sapphic. This may seem like a lot of labels for someone to have. But in reality, these identities we collect along the way of discovering ourselves is not to separate us from others. But rather, to show that we are connected in ways that may not always be visible to each other. Moving Forward I would love to turn poppinstudios into a larger collective of artists with the goal to especially empower those with intersectional identities.