Martina morales

What inspired your most recent tattoo?

What inspired my most recent tattoo was a portrait of my father while he was still alive. I have been a daddies girl my whole life. I got it while he was still alive so he could see it and know how much i love him. My father was diagnosed with dementia shortly after. I took care of him for six years. He started making a turn for the worse. I turned to addiction once again because i didn't know how to deal with the pain of losing my father. This tattoo is favorite out of all my ink.

If your ink could speak, what would it say?

I believe it would speak of the hurt and pain i have been through my whole life especially lost and wasted years . It also speaks about my street life as well, i was into a life style that no young teen should have ever been exposed to. I was in a very dark place for many years. So most of my work was inspired by Mi Vida Loca. Which means My Crazy Life.

What would you do with the $25,000?

I was in and out of addiction my whole life. I went to jail and almost lost my children. I finally made the right choice for me and my family and gave my life to god. Me and my children have been in and out of hotels or run down mobile homes for the past 9 years. I just want to finally be able to have a place they can call home and a vehicle to be able to go to and from work and be able to do things together as a family for the first time in what seems like forever.