Lorena grew up in Mexico and the time she spent there amongst the beautiful and traditional Mexican Folk Art shows in her amazing body of work that she loves to create. Each of Lorena's intriguing creations seems to hold an untold secret that keeps you guessing its true meaning with each glance.

Lorena started taking metalsmithing classes in 2006 at Southwest School of Art in San Antonio; it was there that she was introduced to metal clay by the hand of Claire Holliday. Since that day she fell in love with this new wonderful medium and has been creating most of her work with it. Currently Lorena is a faculty staff member of the Southwest School of Art in the Metals department.

She has become a very active artist in metal clay wearable art. Her work has been featured in several books, magazines, and publications of the Precious Metal Clay Guild, and countless on line articles and industry websites. Some of the publications are: PMC Guild Annual 2, 3 and 4, Metal Clay Artist Magazine, Metal Clay Today, FUSION, The Art and Design of Metal Clay Jewelry 2010 and 2011 Calendars, Metal Clay Beads and The Art of Metal Clay (revised and expanded edition.)

Lorena creates her unique jewelry with silver, copper and bronze; all designs start with one of a kind handcrafted piece produced at her studio in San Antonio, Texas.