Suzy Villarruel is a social worker and doula with a strong community building background. Suzy has worked at various community-based organizations in Houston and internationally.

For details on work history, visit LinkedIn.

Inspired by her older sister Saydee, Suzy picked up film photography while in high school which she still practices till this day. Suzy is committed to preserving memory and promoting dignified living and healing through storytelling, archival work, and a socially-engaged practice.

Artist Statement

One of the earliest learnings in my social work practice was about harnessing the power of collective wisdom, ambition, and action. Community building is truly an art form of its own.

My practice explores the relationship between a person and a people, between the everyday and the sacred.

My inspiration comes from children of immigrants who embark on new experiences with no guide or model often while unpacking inherited trauma.

Some of my influences include anthropologists committed to the documentation and preservation of cultures and rituals. I am also heavily motivated by Afrofuturists that encourage us to reimagine our futures because even our imaginations are colonized. 

We do this because the world we live in is a house on fire and the people we love are burning.
— Sandra Cisneros

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Latinx Artists for ALMAAHH: We Are Houston

Women in Photo, Open Door Gallery Photo Exhibition

Rosa Rebellion COMPOSE Inaugural Cohort

March 2023

November 2022

Willow House Artist in Residency

August 2022

Poco a Poco Artist in Residency

January - Feb 2022

April - October 2021

Juan Gabriel Eterno Annual Tribute, Curator

August 2017, Ongoing

Home & Away Art Exhibition, Curator

April 2023

August 2017

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