Pablo was born in Guatemala and moved to Providence, RI as a teenager. He is a trilingual student, native speaker of K'iche’, the Mayan language of Guatemala, and advanced in Spanish and English. Pablo is a Junior at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) with a major in illustration. Pablo states: "I’m fascinated to illustrate themes of personal life experience, memories, background, and often dreams by representing it symbolically, and or narratively. Since I was a child I have loved drawing with pencil and colored pencils which have become one of my favorite mediums to use in my artwork."

Santiago grew up in Pawtucket and is a rising junior at Providence College (PC) with a major in marketing and a minor in theater. Santi is a member of the PC Organization of Latin American Students (OLAS) and a member of the Board of Multicultural Student Affairs (BMSA) on campus.

Santi will be learning the ins-and-outs of theater production while assisting the cast and crew of Teatro en El Verano's production of La Mancha.

Hector grew up in Providence and attended the Juanita Sanchez High School. He is a December 2020 graduate of the University of Rhode Island with a double major in Criminal Justice and Spanish. His interest in our program came from having informal use of a video camera for the past four years.

Hector will be learning from Alberto Genao about creating videos, editing, choosing scenes and colorization. The two will be creating two short videos, which will be Hector's capstone project and added to his portfolio as he continues to pursue a career in the field.