Porque Nosotros? / Why us? builds upon the intersection between the environmental and demilitarization movements within the Chicano neighborhood of Barrio Logan, San Diego. The artwork is a 3-minute video projection, depicting undulating waves of color, which serve as visualizations of the hazardous chemicals released into the environment by the naval shipyards located in Barrio Logan. The waves converge and divide at intervals to reveal a cacophony of animated sculptural busts that speak about the catastrophic and fatal effects of the shipyards upon the shipyard workers' health and their impact on the community.