Bria Woods

Portrait photographer

10/23/2026

this was across two days, btw 🥹

Was this required? No. But was this necessary? YES! And I’ll do it again *hysterical cackling*

Thank you mo.tx for making me custom shirts for my 10-year reunion! She made the Tigers and TU shirts, PERIODT!😎

Thank you to my mama bear and my sweet Jason for helping to style me! And big ups my nail tech Carla for HAND-PAINTING the tower and TU on my nails!

10/23/2026

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How many seconds do you think it took before I started crying while watching this video play at the ceremony?

Thank you Trinity U. Alumni Association for this magnificent honor. Thank you to my family, friends, and professors for your unwavering love, support and for seeing me.

Thank you to Zach Wells for coming down to Texas to interview everyone in this video and create this beautiful story.

My cup runneth over. 🙏🏾🙏🏾

10/05/2026

What an honor to be recognized by my beloved Trinity as this year’s distinguished young alumni!

In the preparation for the alumni awards ceremony (which falls during my ten year reunion 🤩) I’ve been reminiscing about the unpredictable journey that brought me to and through this special University.

I applied early decision to Trinity and the second and third photos show the day I received and opened my acceptance letter from Trinity on Dec. 1, 2011.

Of course college was hard and there are some regrets and tough moments tucked inside the collection of memories I junk journaled in my mind from that unique era.

And yet, the plethora of good memories stand out the most. Days and extremely late nights filled with roiling laughter, silly faces, late night TC runs, first hellos, script writing for The Not So late Show, mispronouncing things on my first KRTU broadcasts, rehearsing for hours in the Bell Center for performances, eating my weight in sugar during the chocolate festival, evading the fountain dunk on my birthday every year 😌😝, singing carols during Christmas on Oakmont, writing essays until the sun came to relieve the moon, accidentally founding a start up, studying abroad twice and learning how to build a life in a new place…

Sure, you could say that these sorts of moments and milestones can happen at any college…but I knew something was different about Trinity. I felt it when I visited for the first time in high school, I knew it when I jumped for joy with my acceptance letter, I knew it when I was helping other first years find their stride as a ResLife coordinator, I knew it when achieved academic breakthroughs, I knew it when I was spending time with some of the most inspiring minds I get to call friends, I knew it when I crossed the stage.

And I still know it now, ten years later. Trinity’s special allure is what brought me back. This time to become a staff member and I get to bring all the versions of Bria with me for the new lessons that this special campus will teach me.

I can’t wait to celebrate this incredible honor at Alumni Weekend. Please come celebrate with me🥂

04/24/2026

Jenelle Esparza for Glasstire.

Books, trinkets from friends, spools of yarn, works in progress, completed weavings and a cherry wood Norwood loom call this cozy studio space home. Jenelle welcomed me into her sacred home and we spoke for a few hours about her process, ideas that inspire and memories of her grandmother.

While she often works with her loom to make weavings, she also makes sculptural works. On this particular day she was returning to a free form, untitled piece using chicken wire found on her property (photos 1-2). The cuts and scrapes she’s endured from trying to bend and shape this rigid material is in stark contrast to the pliable fibers she weaves.

One thing that staid with me is the intentional way she sources yarn to use in her weavings.

The weaving on slide uses yarn her grandmother shared with her. Her grandmother’s flour sifter inspired the design on the weaving seen on slide

Jenelle has been sourcing organic and naturally colored cotton grown by Sally Fox for more than a decade. Fox is a renowned scientist and cotton breeder. And more recently Jenelle brought back wool yarn made by indigenous weavers in Oaxaca, Mexico.

While most people see the story of the final piece, the time I got to spend with Jenelle revealed that the story begins with each single thread of yarn.

04/08/2026

Andy Benavides for Glasstire.

Andy Benavides and his wife Yvette Benavides have taught more than 10,000 students at Briscoe Elementary School, but they are not on staff. In 2005 they created the SMART program and stated working with teachers to help students grasp concepts in various subjects that they were struggling with. Tactics like memorization, testing and negative reinforcement have no place in their work.

Their approach is designed to help students take hold of curiosity, compassion and purpose to learn course material and to develop into healthy, whole humans.

Neuroscientists are currently studying the effectiveness of their methods.

Andy, Yvette and I talked for hours before I even picked up my camera to take the first image. We shared stories and swapped ideas and learnings. We cried together and shared a group hug rejoicing in the beauty and frailty of life.

Andy and Yvette are rare gems doing the slow, delight and often thankless work of teaching soft skills that create a more durable world.

Remember to take your Vitamin C’s. 🐰

04/05/2026

Like I always say, jazz is better with friends!🙂‍↕️

So incredible to share this experience with so many dear friends. And this was my family’s first time seeing Jason perform, and meeting the Samara Joy septet.

03/31/2026

Leslie Moody Castro for Glasstire.

Leslie’s work as a curator takes her all over the world to help artists share their stories through installations and activations.

One thing that stayed with me is that Leslie doesn’t just travel physically for her work, she travels mentally and emotionally through reading books.

The stack of books she’s holding was just the first shipment of books she ordered during her brief stay in San Antonio, before going back to her home base in Mexico City. Where she says imported books from the US have become increasingly expensive due to tariffs.

“More books were on the way.” “I’m an avid reader,” she said which was evidenced by the fact that she was already halfway through “East of Eden.”

This detail matters because it’s another illustration of Leslie’s approach to her work. Yes, there’s the obvious or of a curator, which we see in slide where she’s adjusting an artwork installed in a show she co-curated for Contemporary Art Month.

But when she’s not in a gallery or a meeting with clients, she says she’s buried in a book. Allowing her mind to learn new ways of thinking, allowing her truths to be challenged and inviting her imagination to a play date.

Wouldn’t you want your work to be curated by someone who thinks and observes outside of just their one reality?

03/29/2026

Recent work for 🎉

Thank you so much for this opportunity to work with you and make work for Glasstire.

This also very special because this is the first freelance photo project I got to work on after leaving photojournalism full time. I miss is it very much. I miss the feeling of having my camera in my hand while asking questions with my voice and with my eyes.

Each of these portrait session lasted hourss. Not because it took that long to take the photos but because before I even took my camera out, I asked to sit with each artist to just share, learn and listen. And they were incredibly generous with their time and their truth. The space we created in each session allowed vulnerability to Mae herself at home.

Each artist shared intimate stories about their practice, their process and eventually and inevitably, we began sharing our stories about life.

I carry with me what feels like a lifetime of stories, experience, and wisdom from each artist. Thank you for your generosity and for your important work. I can’t wait for each of our paths to cross again.

Over the next few days I’ll share my fave outtakes and stories from each portrait session!

03/25/2026

There’s so many layers of meaning to this moment. I’m so ELATED that I get to host PechaKucha Vol. 48 in Laurie Auditorium, on a stage where I have many precious memories as a Trinity student, and community member. And I get to represent KRTU in our 50th anniversary year…yeah this is gonna be a special night.

Can we share it together?

Get your tickets via the link in the bio on the page! 🎟️

Huge thank you to for my new portrait!! 🤩

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