[1] She lives in the Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York and her practice is based in Fiber Arts, and addresses themes like labor, systems of power, Queerness, and the intersection of identity.
[4] Her pieces and latch-hooked carpets veer toward abstraction and perception while drawing inspiration from traditional Peruvian weaving.
[9] Zapata's artworks have been shown at Deli Gallery, Museum of Arts and Design, and El Museo Del Barrio.
[6] The majority of Zapata's works include hand-weaving, which is a very time consuming and labor intensive process.
[9] Notable works by Zapata include: To Teach or To Assume Authority (2018-2019), A Famine of Hearing (2019) and Standing on the Edge of Time (2019).