Margarita Cabrera

Born 1973 in Monterrey in the state of Nuevo Leon, México

From Wikipedia:

Margarita Cabrera is a Mexican-American artist and activist. As an artist, the objects and activities she produces address issues related to border relations, labor practices and immigration. Her practice spans smaller textile-based soft sculptures to large community-involved public artworks. In 2012 she was a recipient of the Knight Artist in Residence at the McColl Center for Visual Art in Charlotte, NC. Cabrera was also a recipient of the Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant.

From https://talleydunn.com/project/margarita-cabrera/:

Margarita Cabrera was born in Monterrey, Mexico and moved to El Paso, TX at the age of 10. Cabrera received an MFA from Hunter College in New York, NY. Cabrera’s work centers around socio-political community issues including cultural identity, migration, violence, inclusivity, labor, and empowerment. She has received critical attention for her collaborative sculpture series Space in Between, which consists of cacti sculptures constructed from green border patrol uniforms. The sculptures are produced through community workshops, where participants embroider the cactus leaves with images that represent their stories. This collaborative process references the rich traditions of indigenous Mexican textiles, and especially pays homage to the collective labor of women. In May 2019, Cabrera unveiled the monumental, participatory public sculpture Árbol de la Vida: Voces de la Tierra, in San Antonio.