Working with various mediums, sizes, and subjects, Aranda's work includes mixed media drawings and paintings where she creates textures and imagery that converge natural, artificial, and surreal worlds. Using cultural symbols, varied landscapes, built-up textures, and juxtaposition, she negotiates the terrain of art-making until landing a place reflecting her identity complexities. Her paintings are hybrids of natural and artificial environments to create realms that reflect on her human experience. A recent project with Impronta Casa Editora based in Guadalajara, Mexico, allowed her to work sequentially using linocut printmaking as a new medium to explore identity, migration, and sense of place.
Projects include murals, exhibitions, and residencies in Georgia, Tennessee, South Carolina, California, Texas, Chicago, Missouri, Wisconsin, Guadalajara, and service with the National Association of Latino Arts and Culture based in San Antonio, Texas.