About me

artist. survivor. storyteller. softness enthusiast.

Hi, I’m Ezra. I’m a queer, trans, disabled artist, writer, and advocate. I create from the sacred space where survival meets softness, where art becomes both a mirror and a lifeline. My work is shaped by the intersections of identity, justice, and healing, drawing from lived experience and the radical belief that tenderness is a form of resistance.

Through illustration, storytelling, and advocacy, I explore what it means to carve out spaces of rest, joy, and belonging in a world that often demands we harden ourselves to survive. My art is not only a personal practice, but also an offering—an invitation for others to recognize themselves, to feel seen, and to know that survival and beauty can coexist. Each piece, whether visual or written, is a thread in the larger tapestry of my commitment to collective care, liberation, and the transformative power of creativity.

I write and draw about the things I’ve lived through: trauma, chronic pain, healing, heartbreak, queerness, identity, and the radical act of loving myself anyway. My work lives at the intersection of art and advocacy, where softness is not weakness, but resilience in its truest form. I believe that rest is resistance. That joy is a form of protest. That storytelling is a survival strategy. That tenderness can be revolutionary.

For me, creativity is a way of making sense of the world and of my place within it. Every piece I create carries traces of survival and hope, an insistence that even in the midst of struggle, beauty and meaning can take root. My art is shaped by lived experience, but it also reaches outward—toward others who might see themselves reflected in my words and drawings, and feel less alone. I use art as a tool for advocacy, but also as a practice of care, offering small reminders that our softness, our rest, and our joy matter in a world that often tries to strip them away.

At its core, my work is about building bridges—between pain and healing, between isolation and community, between survival and the possibility of thriving. It’s about honoring the messiness of being human while still daring to imagine a future that is gentler, more just, and more whole.

My blog is a space where I share stories, reflections, and insights from my journey as a queer, trans, disabled artist and advocate. It’s where I write about the intersections of self-love, healing, chronic illness, identity, and justice—always through a lens of softness and survival. Some posts are deeply personal, others are more outward-facing, but all are rooted in the belief that storytelling is a powerful tool for connection and change. This is where I lay my heart open, in hopes that readers might see themselves reflected, find comfort, or carry a spark of resistance and joy into their own lives.

Art and writing have been a lifeline for me in the darkest of times. When I had no words for my pain, I drew it. When I didn’t believe I would survive, I wrote myself into the possibility of a future. Creativity has always been my way of making meaning, of staying alive, of reclaiming space in a world that too often tries to silence or disappear people like me.

Beyond my art, I am deeply committed to activism. As a queer, trans, disabled person, I’ve seen firsthand how systems of oppression intersect, and I believe in using both my voice and my creativity to push for change. My activism is rooted in an intersectional lens—fighting for justice that honors race, gender, disability, class, and queerness all together. Whether through community organizing, writing, or simply creating spaces of softness and care, I see activism as an act of love and survival. For me, advocacy and art go hand in hand: each piece I create, and each story I share, is another way of imagining and building a more just and compassionate world.

In May 2024, I earned my bachelor’s degree in sociology with a minor in gender studies from the University of San Diego. That education deepened the lens I bring to my work—an intersectional, justice-oriented perspective grounded in lived experience, community care, and an unwavering commitment to collective liberation. During my time there, I was honored to receive numerous awards, including the Gender Equity Award, the Linda A.M. Perry Award for Gender Studies, the Spirit of Public Sociology Award, and the Ezra Wheeler Student Legacy Award—created in my name to recognize students who leave behind a legacy of action and belonging on campus. I was also actively involved in campus life through leadership roles: serving as president of Pee in Peace, an organization dedicated to ensuring the safety and wellbeing of trans and gender non-conforming students through advocacy for all-gender restrooms and gender-inclusive housing policies; and president of the Alliance of Disability Advocates (ADA), which worked to make the university more accessible and welcoming for disabled students. Looking ahead, I hope to begin graduate school in 2026 with the goal of becoming a therapist—continuing my commitment to healing, care, and justice in new and transformative ways.

This site is a home for the things I create: art prints, affirmation cards, zines, journal decks, and blog entries written like letters to the tender-hearted.—and to anyone who’s ever felt like too much or not enough. It’s a space for reflection, for healing, for honoring every version of me that helped carry me here.

Thanks for being here. I hope something you find in these pages reminds you that you are not alone, and that your softness is a strength.