My artwork was a pastel painting of Shiva. He's a God that we believe in, like our culture, my religion. So it's a portrait of him and his face. And behind him is the galaxy, where there's different planets. I made a zodiac sign as well.

Since I'm Hindu, I do have like a strong leaning towards my religion. He's like one of the gods who I follow very dearly. And like, as I said, my religion is really dear to my heart. 

When I was young, my parents had gotten divorced. And for some reason, because of my father by choice that he made, he wasn't near me. After that happened, oftentimes, I was a very quiet kid, I wouldn't be able to say what I wanted to clearly. So often times, when I was sad or hurt, I would go into in our house. My mom had like this low temple for our gods and goddesses. I always used to go in the room then say what I needed to say, and take it all out there. I've always had to believe that, if anything happened, he would save me. 

I think everybody has faith in their life. And it always doesn't have to be religion. You could believe in science. You could believe in many things. And for some, it's religion. I think it's a beautiful thing, especially religions; I love learning about other religions. I would want people to know that you don't have to believe in something to learn more about it. Like I said, I love learning about other religions.

I feel like faith is a really big part of humanity.