Verónica Castillo recalls the emotional toll of creating The Tree of Death: Factory Women, describing how the cruelty she depicted left her deeply affected for a week. Over eight months, she carefully sculpted the piece by hand, embedding hidden truths and symbols to honor the pain of the disappeared women and their families. Though the work is raw and unsettling, she approached it with deep respect, determined to make society confront the harsh reality of these tragedies.