2021 Cohort

2021 Cohort Headshots & Bios

Oumar Bah is a rising junior at Boston Green Academy. This summer, he was an intern at Company One Theatre.

Giselle Berents has an interest in all things theatre and dance. Growing up she always liked to move around, and get exercise in. The only way that she could effectively do this was to add some creativity to it. Dance was the main thing that she put her time into, but theatre was also another option that she loved doing. In the future Giselle hopes to be someone who is successful in their life, and who doesn't worry about what other people think. She wants to make people happy, and find a way to make herself happy at the same time. The arts have been a helpful vehicle to reach out to others, and enjoy doing what she loves.

Antigone Brandel is an artist with a love for love film and theater. Antigone uses they/them and he/him pronouns. They enjoyed getting to contribute to a production through this internship which was a blast! They enjoyed working in a space that felt so safe, comfortable, and supportive, and where they could contribute. They appreciated not only being a part of the process to create an amazing production, but also the fun and loving space for making friends and working with coworkers.

Kevin Carbonell is a rising junior at New Mission High School. This summer, he interned at Urbanity Dance.

Tessa Catalano is a senior at Boston Latin School. She has always been a dancer, so dance was her gateway into the arts. Although ballet is her passion, she has a love and appreciation for all arts. In addition to dance, she also loves to draw and paint. This internship introduced Tessa to new and exciting ways of applying art into her career and everyday life.

Sarai Cene is a rising senior at the Boston Latin School. This summer, she was an intern at Community Music Center of Boston.

Cendy Charles is a rising junior at Boston Latin Academy and BAI intern for Boston Music Project. When she is not at work, she enjoys experimenting with different kinds of fiction writing, traditional novels, teleplays, and scripts. She is now starting to see art in fashion, computer science, animation, and film, when once she could only see it in books and drawings.

Cristina Fuentes is a rising senior at Boston Arts Academy, majoring in the visual arts. She is a fan of the horrific and unsettling, so her lifestyle can be a little odd. She is still discovering herself and what she likes besides the spooks and is also appreciating herself a lot more thanks to this internship. It has given her a new perspective on life and has opened her eyes to many possibilities. Crisitina was an intern at Hyde Square Task Force. Her art form is traditional drawing illustrations and digital designing. At her worksite, she worked on two projects that involve storytelling of the Boston Latin's Quarter neighborhood as well as the neighborhood program. Crisitina's art is influenced by dark documentaries and the awareness that they bring to real-world tragedies. This has given her work a purpose. She is dedicated to her art awareness to these problems and to partake in the fight as well. She aspires to be an environmentalist and social justice artist that can use her illustrations to make stories that communicate about difficult issues that exist in the world, and how as a society we should strive to solve them. These types of journeys can take some time to complete, but she is in for the ride, with no regrets.

Nasima Gaffoor is a rising senior at Fenway High School. This summer, she was an intern at Artisan’s Asylum.
She is an open-minded person that sometimes becomes shy but is able to keep it together. She really loves to design and sketch anything that she can see or come up with, especially when it comes to wanting to become a architect. Nasima's art is inspired by her community. Everyday, when she walks around her neighborhood, there is art everywhere she goes. This gives her inspiration for her architectural ideas. Nasima's vocational mission is to become a residential architect. By doing this she will be able to help her community live a better life and or improve it.

Mia Giuliani is a rising senior at Boston Latin School. While she is most passionate about photography, she also paints, draws, and dabbles in the art of jewelry making. This summer, Mia worked with MASSCreative where she learned a lot about art and advocacy. She enjoyed making two documentary-style videos in order to showcase how valuable the arts are and partnering with Create the Vote in a tabling event where the group spoke with members of the arts community of Boston.

Sekaiyah Gomes will be a junior this upcoming school year at Boston Community Leadership Academy. She has always loved art and was inspired by her mother to do something in the arts. She lost her passion of visual arts but became interested in performing arts. For five years she played the violin in elementary school and middle school. She didn't realize that there were different forms of art that she wanted to explore and understand on a personal level. Sekaiyah began playing the guitar and connecting with art through music. Listening to Bob Marley and old cape verdean beats were the roots of her love of music at a young age. Her ambitions were always unclear but she knew creating art and expressing herself was enough. Being a part of the Bloomberg Arts Internship and an intern in the Education department at The Huntington Theatre Company, she saw how collaboration in education and theater was vital in creating active workshops for students and exciting events for the plays. She noticed she would not have been able to work actively if she didn't have guidance and stopped asking questions. Sekaiyah is always searching for opportunities to give meaning to the art she creates and where the arts may lead her.

Nina Henry is a rising senior at Boston Arts Academy. This summer, she interned at MassCreative.

Allison Keough is an alumnus of the Boston Latin School. This summer, she was an intern at both BalletRox and Abilities Dance.

Kyra Lally is a rising senior at Boston Latin School. She spent this summer as an administrative intern at Handel and Haydn Society.

Michael Lee is a rising senior at Boston Latin School. This summer, he was an intern at Sociedad Latina. His usual art style is music and music production, but he also does graphic design and photography. He progressively got more and more invested into the art of music since 5th grade, the year after he moved into Boston. Michael was inspired because of a summer camp counselor, who showed him music production one-on-one because there really wasn't anything else he liked at this camp. He continued going back, learning more and more from this staff member until he could do it on my own. Michael has his own personal DAW (Digital Audio Workspace, FL Studios), and makes music for himself and his friends. He wants to pursue a possible career in music production because it is something that he enjoys doing and comes relatively natural to him.

Carlee Lin has moved to many different places while growing up. No matter where she was, the arts have played a big part in making her feel at home. Now a senior at Boston Latin School, Carlee is performing at different events hoping to bring joy to the community while the world is slowly crawling out of these hard times. Behind the scenes, she aspires to be an animator/illustrator who can create inspirational and comforting pieces for others the same way that the arts did for her.

Kanye Lynch is Boston born and raised and a recent 2021 graduate of Charlestown High School. A self-taught visual artist, he finds a deep connection to his art and spends much of his free time sketching from the heart. Kanye also enjoys listening to and producing his own music and taking time to chill. In the coming year, Kanye is joining the Year Up program to learn how to invest and become more financially literate. The business behind making money and the ownership of it all has always interested Kanye. He hopes to learn more about this and use what he learns this summer for future projects.

Adela Mendez Toledano is a rising senior currently attending Fenway High School. She loves art and always looks forward to learning new things. Her dream is to live in a world in which people can embrace their differences and respect one another.

Mariella Murillo is an alumnus of Boston Arts Academy. This summer, she interned at Arts Connect International.

Phat Nguyen is an alumnus of Boston Latin Academy. This summer, he was an intern at Huntington Theatre Company. Phat Nguyen is a digital artist. He was first inspired to be an artist when he began to imitate what he enjoyed seeing, whether it was a show or a game.

Ariana-Jade Odwara is an alumnus of Boston Latin Academy. This summer, she interned at Dunamis Boston.

Megan Panyere is a visual artist who attends Boston Arts Academy. This summer, she was an intern at the Boston Landmarks Orchestra. She intends on branching out toward new vocational opportunities. She is interested in becoming a more versatile artist. She looks forward to stepping out of her comfort zone and gaining experience from different fields of art.

Ariel Philips is a junior theater major at Boston Arts Academy and a dancer of four years. This year she worked with the Actors Shakespeare Project, choreographing for this summer's productions. Her love for performing arts and creating is a big part of her inspiration. The passion that she has for creating is the whole reason why she is driven to create!

Caileigh Philips was born in Columbus, OH and moved to Boston, MA a couple years ago. She’s a rising senior at Boston Arts Academy and is currently 17 years old. She focuses on her studies on acting, technical and production theatre. Her passion is to encourage and spread the word of equality. It is very important to her that everyone including herself is able to have a voice and be able to express themselves in any way where they are comfortable and confident and supported. In her case acting is where she expresses how she feels and sees the world with using current events and scenarios to show different perspectives of life.

Joseph Pucillo is a rising senior at Boston Latin School who recently completed his internship at Sociedad Latina where he had a great time playing music with kids. Joseph plays both upright and electric bass, and will continue to enjoy the craft well into the future, regardless of where life takes him.

Sabrina Rhouate is a rising junior at Boston Latin Academy and a Bloomberg Arts Intern at the Boston Landmarks Orchestra in Boston. She is still very unsure of what her future holds, but knows it has to be in the arts. Whether it is theater or movies, as long as she can work hard and express herself in her art. Her goal is to finish high school and to go to a good college. To learn more about the arts and how she can pursue these and hopefully inspire others.

Giselle A Rodriguez (she/her/hers) is a rising senior at Boston Arts Academy where, after earning her certificate in design from Mass Art’s summer program in 2018, entered BAA to explore the world of fashion and design. She is learning illustration and animation for the purpose of exploring the world of entertainment and the art of character design. The techniques and types of art she is learning are in order to help her achieve her goal of becoming the next Stan Lee; to be in charge of her own studio, creating stories of amazing heroes in different types of media. Her vision is to share stories of heroes who, with the friendship, adventure, passion, and the courage that heroes always show, can inspire others to come out of their shell, to let nothing stop them to achieve their dreams; to show that no matter how bad things get, anyone can overcome their struggles. In addition, she has also completed a college course at her dream school, adding to her skill set. Giselle intends to be the very first Latina to create a world that will be as well known as the Marvel Universe and DC Universe.

Sabrina Sandoval is a rising senior at English High School. As a BAI intern, she worked for the Community Music Center Of Boston (CMCB). Outside of her internship she likes to focus in different activities such as writing and dance. Thanks to this internship she could focus more on her artistic side. During her internship, Sabrina had the chance to make progress on her speaking goals, organize some of the folders for her organization and was a really good help for her site. Even though Sabrina's the main focus might not be something related with art this summer she realizes that she likes to help people and that might be like to be in a major where she has the chance to do that.

Fiona Shine-Duncan is sixteen and currently a junior at Boston Arts Academy where she is a Fashion Major. This summer, she worked at Boston lyric Opera.

Olivia Tarantino is a rising junior at Boston Latin School. She has developed a love and passion for visual arts, especially for illustration. Throughout her life, she has looked to art as an emotional release as well as an escape. As she continues her education, she strives to become an illustrator, and give others the emotional connection she puts into each of her pieces. Olivia's creativity never goes unnoticed as she fuels her work with her passion for art. While at Bloomberg Arts Internship she was an Artistic Intern at the Huntington Theatre Company. Throughout her time she saw art, communication, and creativity work harmoniously together, which prepares her as she looks for new education and career opportunities. Olivia has always tried to give her art substance, and as she grows older she wishes to look back and see her ever-growing progress.

Kaylee Tran is a rising senior Fashion Technology major at Boston Arts Academy. As an artist currently, she designs and creates Fashion garments. She has always been inspired by how creative designers can be in the creation process and later on discovered a passion for illustrating her own. She plans to one day go into the Fashion Marketing & Communications industry.

BAI FAMILY OPENHOUSE

EdVestors hosted a virtual Bloomberg Arts Internship Family Openhouse on June 10, 2021 for the 2021 BAI Cohort.