Natalie Godinez reflects on her experience working with Tanya Aguiñiga, focusing on how Aguiñiga builds community through sustained, non-transactional relationships. She discusses Aguiñiga’s informal approach to mentorship, emphasizing learning that happens through collaboration, shared work, and everyday interactions rather than structured instruction. Godinez also describes their collaborative process, including brainstorming and making work together, and notes how their relationship extends across shared roles as artists, educators, and mothers.