Mia Jose

At 23 years old, Yuri Sinata arrived in the United States from Indonesia with just $500 in her pocket, barely speaking English and having no real idea what her future would look like. What she did carry with her was years of emotional pain, survival instincts, and a longing for freedom she had never truly experienced before. “When I came to Los Angeles for the first time, I felt freedom for the first time in my life,” Yuri said. Growing up in Indonesia, Yuri often felt confined by the...

For years, Michelle Renee spent her life chasing adventure. She moved from coast to coast, searching for novelty in places like New York City, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, and Santa Barbara before eventually realizing that travel quieted the restlessness she had always carried. Travel became her way of breathing - a source of freedom, healing, and escape. What she did not know was that one unexpected chapter would completely redefine what freedom looked like. Michelle never planned on...

There is a quiet kind of invisibility that many mothers carry. It doesn’t come from absence, but from constant presence and from pouring so much into others that, over time, pieces of themselves begin to fade into the background. For Becca, a single mother of three and photographer, this invisibility isn’t just something she’s witnessed; it’s something she’s lived. And it’s what led her to create both a space and an art form through Hey Becca Photo – a platform where women, especially single...