Tips for using collage in your work to come. In the meantime, here's a great intro to collage in its many forms:
https://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/c/collage
Here are some Latinx contemporary artists who explain why they use it:
https://www.elmuseo.org/cut-n-mix/
Also, check out this list of artists, many historical, who have used collage in their work:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collage
As well as these examples below:
Romare Bearden, Patchwork Quilt, cut-and-pasted cloth and paper with synthetic polymer paint on composition board, 1970, Museum of Modern Art
Hannah Hoch, Ohne Titel (Aus einem ethnographischen Museum) , 1930, Collage
Yayoi Kusama, (Japanese, born 1929)1962. Pasted labels and ink on paper, 23 3/4 x 29" (60.3 x 73.6 cm)
Wangechi Mutu, One Hundred Lavish Months of Bushwhack, 2004
Wangechi Mutu, Homeward Bound, 2010
Some other shows/sites/articles to explore:
https://www.saatchiart.com/art-collection/Paper-Goods-Contemporary-Collage/153961/58740/view
https://www.huckmag.com/art-and-culture/art-2/breathtaking-renaissance-contemporary-collage-art/