Triana Patel is an arts and museum educator with 10 years of experience focusing on arts education for youth and families in museums and public school settings. She is a passionate advocate for youth development and opportunity within the arts, museums and alternative learning environments. In 2016, Triana received her MA in Museum Studies and MBA with a focus on education and interpretation from John F. Kennedy University. She wrote her master's thesis on engaging teens in social justice through art and programming in museums.
Archive for Profile Category: 2020 fellow
Montero Morton
My name is Montero Morton and I am who I am, no excuses. I’m part of YouthForce NOLA LAUNCH here in New Orleans, and we get business training and take business course classes online at Southern New Hampshire University. I am currently twenty years old and I identify as an African American, homosexual and a person who stutters. My passion/dream in life is to be a successful published writer and actor. My goal in life is to reach that one boy or girl to let them know they’re not alone, and that everything will be okay. That will be enough for me. To motivate and inspired others in my craft.
Mamadou Cellou Diallo
I am a conceptual artist/entrepreneur. My entrepreneurial work consists of creating custom apparel, improvements to existing products, & a few inventions already made and some I am working on. I just began my journey into the artistic world & I have a lot of fun with conceptual art. I love having a deeper meaning to things & believe every inch of a piece can tell a story.
Kafi-Ayanna Allah
Kafi-Ayanna Allah is a professional librarian working for Orange County Public Library in Hillsborough, North Carolina as the Adult and Teen Program Coordinator. She works to create and facilitate programming for patrons from middle school age to elders. Much of her work with youth is centered on the Teen Advisory Board, a group of young people who act as liaisons between the teens in the community and Library staff to ensure that it is a welcoming, nonjudgmental space for teens and teen expression as well as a resource for information of particular interest to teens.
Kapi’olani (Pio) Lee
Kapi’olani (Pio) Lee is a visual artist and seasoned arts educator. A graduate of the MFA Cinema program at San Francisco State University, she developed her arts education practice as a digital storytelling and media literacy instructor in the Bay Area. Through her partnerships with a diverse array of nonprofit and youth-outreach programs dedicated to social justice and cultural equity, she has helped create and support youth-centered curriculum and arts programming that value inclusion, accessibility, ownership, and intergenerational collaboration.
Aden Suchak
Aden Suchak is a Director, Photographer and Writer based in Upstate New York. He is part of the Youth FX film organization in Albany where he works as a film producer and Director of Education. He is a Media Fellow of the Alliance for Media + Culture Youth Media Network Initiative.