Sarah Zapata is a latina textile designer. She had been raised within Texas with an evangelical mother, living most of her youth surrounded by religion and the expectations her conservative and religious background brings. It would be through this context we come to understand the intention of her work and part of what inspired her artistic drive. Sarah has openly discussed how the perception of her work as traditionally feminine has encouraged her to expand the scale of her pieces, expressing her bold attitudes regarding her pride as a woman and the willingness to turn her art into an invitative statement. It is through this dual use of traditionally feminine concepts to present a radically feminist approach that marks Zapata’s work as indifferent and refreshing. Indeed, Sarah’s masterful use of textiles in their vibrancy and volume is what has inspired me to write of her in hopes of promoting her unique perspective of working with textiles and the subtly powerful suggestions of her works.