Artist Nora Valdez lets cancer patients light the way with ‘We Heal’
In a year of pandemic-induced trauma and isolation, Nora Valdez wanted to create a physical representation of healing. The Boston-based Argentinian artist is the brains behind “We Heal,” a project that encouraged local cancer patients — many of whom are immigrants — to answer two questions: What images, words, people, and foods bring comfort? And what inspires and brings hope?