Sarah Ayala lives and creates in the Fort Worth Cultural District. She is an artist rooted in the community who aims to make art more accessible to the public and adjudicated youth. Sarah specializes in detailed processes like mandala patterns and hand lettering. She has combined this style with the rich history of cartography, using maps as a way to speak about an experience of a region and their effect on our sense of land ownership and time. She is currently weaving these interests in her new exploration of film photography. Her work can be found throughout Fort Worth, as well as within local and national art collectives or working closely with community partners and institutions.