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nyc poet @parallel2you @photogenicsla
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After 10 years in the making, my first self-published poetry book, Parallel To You—‘Words and Images’ is out now :)
I’ve wanted to be a writer and poet since I was a child, but grew to know it had to be in a non-conventional way. In 2016, I started an online blog where I would upload photos from my photoshoots along with my writing, poetry and prose, and stopped in 2019 to focus on creating a physical book, aiming to combine personal style and poetry within something that’s tangible and physical.
Consisting of poetry written across a span of 15 years— years of trial, error and experimentation, my book is comprised of several versions of myself— along with photos of hand-made wearable poetry pieces: clothing I designed and hand-made, sewn myself, wrote, carved and painted poems on, as well as shot with on self timer in my childhood home. Each piece mirrors the emotional landscape of the poem it carries, each page exploring identity, spirituality, transformation, love and human error through the lens of a Puerto Rican and Filipino woman.
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Being a model, I had built a foundation for myself and my career that’s focused primarily on exteriority, ego, and the illusion of perfection. At times, it felt as if I was wearing someone else’s body, and everything had become surface level. I accept that this perfectly visualizes the truth of the self and that truth is that I, as well as many others, live life as an oxymoron.
Unless you truly take the time to get to know someone within in-person experiences and consistent communication, you’ll never truly know them. Although this is true, even the most authentic, transparent person who wishes to translate themselves through different mediums of intimacy, whether it be digital or real life, is still an illusion of the character that person has chosen for themself. The virtual self and the brief passerby self, is not, and will never be the true self, and even that can be disassembled. The idea will remain, but its execution through perception is what ultimately changes.
Thank you for being here through my journey— Link in bio to purchase from my soft launch (limited copies available) :)
14 Aug 2026
Sometimes the love that you truly need comes from the version of someone that doesn’t exist just yet
08 Sep 2025
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16 Sep 2022
Thank you @bowerypoetry — so grateful someone took a video 🫶🏽
23 Oct 2026
Poetry, as a practice, is a vulnerable and brave act. One that requires courage and ultimately asks the person to face their own thoughts and beliefs in the purest form there is, without a place to hide - all as a humanitarian effort to shape a better future for those who take the time to listen.
“What is privilege if not simply facing a war within oneself, to work in order to satisfy a hunger within one’s heart” is a short sentence we stopped to think about, from @ellebaness latest creation, in the form of a self-published poetry book, “Parallel To You” / @parallel2you - a moment that led to about a three-hour conversation about everything you can think of.
Today, through a shorter version (for now), we asked Elle four questions, offering you, the reader a glimpse into her mind, what she is working on, the love of New York, and of course, as always, free game.
This one is a must.
Swipe to see the full responses!
Through time, we built our community to reflect our values, and with the thought process that community always comes first, we realized it was time to shine a light on the creatives in our orbit - showcasing them and their talent, aiming to reflect the current landscape through the people that are shifting it, day after day, with love for the practice.
“Friends Of The Mercer” - a series meant to highlight our creative friends and share their work with the rest of the world.
24 Oct 2026
LA 🔁 NYC — thank you to my family @photogenicsla for celebrating me and my book release 🤍 @parallel2you
I would say it’s difficult to put into words how exhilarating and nerve wracking it feels for this new era in my life as a published author, exploring new mediums of creation, but it’s not that hard. I’ll just write about it 🥲 I’m so grateful for the team I’m building and my growing community, friendships and relationships!
BTW, I made these earrings out of a page from my book of course 🫶🏽
16 Oct 2026
If you know me you know I’ve been hand-making my outfits for yearsssssssss and I think it’s officially time I document the journey 🫵
Filmed this last week but you see the vibes~ YT coming soon because short form content is not it!
15 Oct 2026
My first solo NYC event for my book left me in tears 🫶🏽 Thank you @_66greene & @snatraraps for giving me the space to share a part of my soul with my community and loved ones.
@parallel2you allows me to explore poetry and prose within the collective mediums of fabric, clothing, movement and the human body, as a canvas and ever evolving series, illustrating the progression of my growth where I find love in Christ and move away from self-deprecation and into creating through unconditional love as a means of direct connection to God.
Thank you everyone for popping out to celebrate this important milestone with me— I’m so excited to share so much more 🤍
14 Oct 2026
3 days in LA 📍
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Couldn’t choose between these two @entire_studios skirts so decided to wear both of them!
My new obsession is to wear my poems as jewelry 📝
@laams.nyc had the best booth at @complexcon and I was blessed to have my books be a part of it :)
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Lost my shit so I borrowed my friends button up and wore it the “wrong” way (I love wearing things the wrong way)
Origami girl at the concert 🗞️
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@tombogo makes some of the best frames xx
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I brought 4 pairs of shoes and ended up wearing my @mowalola jordans the entire weekend :’)
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Everyone thought I was wearing a flag and technically I’m wearing every flag of mine 🇵🇭🇵🇷🇯🇵🇺🇸
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@victorialoi and I had our ears plugged because we care about our hearing :’)
@pauseonline with the shots xx
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06 Oct 2026
Best of both worlds, I <3 NY 🥂🌱
30 Sep 2026
I’m taking such good care of the thing I used to want to destroy, and it looks just like everyday to the world 🫗
23 Sep 2026
Critical thought and absurdism for your short form brain atrophy app 🫵
16 Sep 2026
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