After graduating with honors from New York University’s Department of Photography & Imaging at the Tisch School of the Arts, with an Environmental Studies minor, her work evolved from photography to new media. xyca’s art has been collected by the CollegeBoard and exhibited nationally, including at the New York City Photoville Festival, Jacksonville Library, and the Southeast Museum of Photography. She has been featured in Washington Square News, ISO magazine, and ArtPremium magazine as an "Up and Coming Gen-Z Artist.” In 2024, she was selected by photographer Renée Cox to complete an artist residency at the internationally renowned Atlantic Center for the Arts under her mentorship.Currently, xyca is a Fine Art Consultant and exhibiting artist for Gallery500.