My good friend (and talented artist), Laura Alvarez, is having an exhibition at The Shatford Library, Pasadena City College in the Chicano/Latino Heritage Room.
While getting her Masters degree in fine art she created a character she calls DAS , the Double Agent Sirvienta , a spy posing as a maid on both sides of the border. Laura’s Mom was born in Mexico and was a housekeeper, and her Dad worked for the US government, but it still is a mystery to her exactly what he did. Through the love she felt for both her parents she combined the ideas of a latino maid who felt invisible because she wasn’t seen as a person and the government employee who didn’t talk much about exactly what he did into one entity.
She gives the latino maid (DAS) back her power. Her invisibility becomes her super power because no one suspects her.
I was lucky enough to get one of the DAS T-shirts that Laura hand painted. You can read more about her at
http://lauraalvarezart.wordpress.com
