Lorena Junco Email & Phone Number

Born and raised in Mexico—Monterrey and Mexico City—I laid the groundwork to become an artist and art collector, studying Visual Arts at Universidad de Monterrey. From this soil grew a desire to lift up other artists. So I burgeoned into a philanthropist, co-founding the Distrito14 gallery as a platform to amplify emerging Mexican artists, and co-founding and curating the Margain-Junco Collection with my husband to support emerging artists, foster the art scene in Mexico and promote awareness of Mexican art worldwide.In 2008, while expecting my second child, my family and I were forced to uproot and flee Mexico due to concerns for our safety. After arriving in my new home in Austin, TX, transplanted and shaken, I learned I had a tumor on my adrenal gland. Surgery promised a cure, but to err is human—even for surgeons. My surgeon made a devastating mistake. Thus began my journey of seeing my world break and crumble, then seeking to bring it wholeness again.