Blending Aztec culture with personal family experiences, Barraza’s work, "The Codex of the God of Love," celebrates motherhood through the Mexica (Aztec) goddess Xochiquetzal. Drawing on the philosophy of Chicana feminist theorist Gloria Anzaldúa, with whom she collaborated in the 1990s, Barraza reimagines and honors Aztec goddesses in a way never seen before. The print features a maguey plant, symbolizing life. From its leaves, it produces fruit in the form of an indigenous woman holding her own child. “The maguey plant can be interpreted as a tree of life, or a sense of home, in remembrance of my mother’s advice to plant a maguey in front of my home, for it would bestow it with blessings.” - Santa Barraza.