In 2017 she decided to devote herself full time to contemporary photography. That same year, in a call for entries entitled “Women photographers in Latin America,” the magazine VISOR selected her in the conceptual category for her series “Disassemble.” Lou earned an undergraduate degree in graphic design with a major in editorial design from the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City. She completed a specialty course in contemporary photography at the Node Center for Curatorial Studies Online, after signing up for a professionalization program for up-and-coming artists previously.