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My name is Dominique Egalite and I am very passionate when it comes to art, especially comics and traditional art. I am a Haitian-American artist from New Jersey who loves to bike on sunny days and laugh with friends. I will be attending Montclair State University under my major Animation/Illustration. In the future, I hope to create animations that’ll depict the lives of those overlooked by society. I hope to make comics that will recognize all races, since I enjoy learning about all cultures and their lifestyles. The movie making industry is where I want to be, all while painting the beauties of nature as a side hobby in a big, suburban house.
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Dominique Egalite
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Cindy Gonzalez
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My name is Cindy Gonzalez and I am currently a senior at Bayonne High School. I have been an artist since I was a little kid but it was not until high school that I had the opportunity to fully explore my artistic side. High school helped me realize that I want to make my art into a career and so I will be attending the New Jersey Institute of Technology and I plan on majoring in Human Computer Interaction with a concentration in Graphical Arts Design. From there I hope to land a job as a User Experience designer; creating visually pleasing and user-friendly technology.
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Stephany Santiago, class of 2020 at County Prep High School, was awarded the NJ Governors Award in Dance and an Honorable Mention from the National Honors Society of Dance Arts. Stephany will attend NYU's Tisch School of the Arts as a Dance BFA candidate, and intends to pursue a career in dance performance and physical therapy.
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Stephany Santiago
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Alyssa Hong:
Alyssa Hong is a photography major who works with both traditional and digital mediums and
has interned for her high school’s photography and creative art teachers. She has competed at
both county and state levels, winning a bronze medal at the 2019 New Jersey SkillsUSA
photography competition and a silver medal at the 2019 Fall FCCLA Go Green art competition.
She will be attending NJIT in the fall to study digital design.
Giovanni Ortiz:
Giovanni Ortiz is a fashion major at County Prep High School. He has excelled in all creative
fields throughout his high school career. He has participated in FCCLA for both fashion and art,
in which he has brought home awards each time. Giovanni will be attending F.I.T. in the fall,
where he will be studying fashion design.
Esmeralda Garcia:
Esmeralda Garcia is a fashion major at County Prep High School. She has excelled in not only
her academic subjects ranking 3 rd in her graduating class but has won numerous gold medals at
state and national levels in various fashion events. She will be attending Mason Gross School of
the Arts Rutgers University majoring in costume design.
Ashley Quintana:
Ashley Quintana is a photography major at County Prep High School. Shel has excelled in all
creative fields throughout her high school career. Ashley has participated in numerous Teen Arts
competitions as well as Taking home 2 nd place silver medal in Skills USA New Jersey
Competition for photography. Ashley will continue her education at Rutgers, Newark majoring
in Media and video Production
Alyssa Hong is a photography major who works with both traditional and digital mediums and
has interned for her high school’s photography and creative art teachers. She has competed at
both county and state levels, winning a bronze medal at the 2019 New Jersey SkillsUSA
photography competition and a silver medal at the 2019 Fall FCCLA Go Green art competition.
She will be attending NJIT in the fall to study digital design.
Giovanni Ortiz:
Giovanni Ortiz is a fashion major at County Prep High School. He has excelled in all creative
fields throughout his high school career. He has participated in FCCLA for both fashion and art,
in which he has brought home awards each time. Giovanni will be attending F.I.T. in the fall,
where he will be studying fashion design.
Esmeralda Garcia:
Esmeralda Garcia is a fashion major at County Prep High School. She has excelled in not only
her academic subjects ranking 3 rd in her graduating class but has won numerous gold medals at
state and national levels in various fashion events. She will be attending Mason Gross School of
the Arts Rutgers University majoring in costume design.
Ashley Quintana:
Ashley Quintana is a photography major at County Prep High School. Shel has excelled in all
creative fields throughout her high school career. Ashley has participated in numerous Teen Arts
competitions as well as Taking home 2 nd place silver medal in Skills USA New Jersey
Competition for photography. Ashley will continue her education at Rutgers, Newark majoring
in Media and video Production
Senior Biographies
My name is Livia Aiko Kamada de Toledo. I am a senior at JCArts and I plan to pursue a Jewelry career. After I graduate I expect to take metal (silver and gold) classes in Brazil. I got into PAFA and I am going to hold my spot there for a year, so I can start directing myself into the field I want before.
My name is Weiling Pan, I'm 19 years old. I am from China. I am interested in drawing and going to study illustration in NJCU.
My name is Navdeep Sanghera and I'm a JCArts student at James J. Ferris High School. I'm now soon to graduate, as a senior, and I have had a wonderful experience at the JCArts program and at James J. Ferris High School. I have learned to grow and turn my love for arts into an actual career path. My journey was from a kid who loves to draw into an actual talent for creating art. In some months I am going to attend New Jersey City University (NJCU) for 4-years and major in Graphic Design.
My name is Bryan Rosas, an enthusiastic artist wanting to get by this day in age. I'm applying to NJCU and still deciding what'll be my major but it's certain it would be an alternative for an alternative skill set.
My name is Asher/Abigail (up to you to choose) and I'll be attending Bard College, majoring in Psychology. My hobbies include drawing, worldbuilding, taekwondo, cooking, and camping. I like to draw, animate, and write about my worldbuilding.
My name is Aida Deleg, I grew up in Jersey City and attended schools in this district. I have participated in the JC Arts program and specifically the visual department since my first year of high school. I entered scholastic writing and arts competitions for 3 years and have won honorable mentions. My mentors have exposed me to a variety of media to work with which has improved my creativity and art. Afterschool, I attend an art club, where I can communicate with other art students and help decorate the school. For the future, I plan to major in illustration and may even pursue a double major to become an art teacher.
My name is Ellamae Manaois, and I am a soon to be graduate of County Prep High School. I am involved in Student Council and Interactive Media Club. I will attend Pace University for Arts, Entertainment, and Music Management.
My name is Shannon Carattini-Hatcher and I'm part of the County Prep and JCArts graduating class of 2020. I will be attending Rhode Island School of Design, and considering going into Illustration after my foundation year.
Giovanna has always had a very strong passion for art. In the summer of 2017, Giovanna applied and was accepted to an intensive summer art program at Columbia University taught by Professor Miguel Cardenas. Assignments included exercises in composition, use of charcoal and pencil, graphic drawing techniques, wet media, color theory, and optical illusions. In her freshmen through junior year of high school Giovanna was enrolled in the Jersey City Visual Arts Program. She studied several complex art techniques that included sculpture, acrylics, mosaics, and 3D with cardboards. In her senior year Giovanna took a digital arts class. This class sparked new interests in her because she got to explore the use of an iPad to draw on and the vast options of digital art tools that came with it. And last summer of 2019 Giovanna completed a Harvard University Edx Course online called "The Pyramids of Giza: Ancient Egyptian Art and Archaeology" taught by Philip J. King Professor of Egyptology, Harvard University where she studied the history of art and hieroglyphics of the temples, pyramids and the Sphinx. All in all she gets to explore her imagination and live vicariously through her art. And her imagination is never ending so hold on for the ride.
My name is Isabel Lopez. I am a senior at McNair Academic High School and will study Illustration at Rhode Island School of Design next fall.
My name is Tatiana Cruz. I am a senior at McNair Academic High School and will attend Rutgers-Newark next fall.
Scholarship Winner:
Stephanie Arias
Montclair State University
Theatre
$52,000 in Grants/Scholarships
Betsy Pimentel
JCArts/ Dickinson High School
Accepted to
Barry University ($50,000 yr full scholarship) Acting - Theatre Department
Betsy Pimentel is a senior from William L. Dickinson High School and the Jersey City Arts Honors Program. Theatre is a window into societies that came before us and a reflection of our own. Theatre has been the most pivotal experience of Betsy's high school career and has shaped her into the person she is today which is why she plans to continue her theatre studies in college. She will be attending Barry University in sunny Miami on a full scholarship and hopes to grace the stage in Florida soon. She wants to thank her teachers and will do her best to make her family proud!
My name is Livia Aiko Kamada de Toledo. I am a senior at JCArts and I plan to pursue a Jewelry career. After I graduate I expect to take metal (silver and gold) classes in Brazil. I got into PAFA and I am going to hold my spot there for a year, so I can start directing myself into the field I want before.
My name is Weiling Pan, I'm 19 years old. I am from China. I am interested in drawing and going to study illustration in NJCU.
My name is Navdeep Sanghera and I'm a JCArts student at James J. Ferris High School. I'm now soon to graduate, as a senior, and I have had a wonderful experience at the JCArts program and at James J. Ferris High School. I have learned to grow and turn my love for arts into an actual career path. My journey was from a kid who loves to draw into an actual talent for creating art. In some months I am going to attend New Jersey City University (NJCU) for 4-years and major in Graphic Design.
My name is Bryan Rosas, an enthusiastic artist wanting to get by this day in age. I'm applying to NJCU and still deciding what'll be my major but it's certain it would be an alternative for an alternative skill set.
My name is Asher/Abigail (up to you to choose) and I'll be attending Bard College, majoring in Psychology. My hobbies include drawing, worldbuilding, taekwondo, cooking, and camping. I like to draw, animate, and write about my worldbuilding.
My name is Aida Deleg, I grew up in Jersey City and attended schools in this district. I have participated in the JC Arts program and specifically the visual department since my first year of high school. I entered scholastic writing and arts competitions for 3 years and have won honorable mentions. My mentors have exposed me to a variety of media to work with which has improved my creativity and art. Afterschool, I attend an art club, where I can communicate with other art students and help decorate the school. For the future, I plan to major in illustration and may even pursue a double major to become an art teacher.
My name is Ellamae Manaois, and I am a soon to be graduate of County Prep High School. I am involved in Student Council and Interactive Media Club. I will attend Pace University for Arts, Entertainment, and Music Management.
My name is Shannon Carattini-Hatcher and I'm part of the County Prep and JCArts graduating class of 2020. I will be attending Rhode Island School of Design, and considering going into Illustration after my foundation year.
Giovanna has always had a very strong passion for art. In the summer of 2017, Giovanna applied and was accepted to an intensive summer art program at Columbia University taught by Professor Miguel Cardenas. Assignments included exercises in composition, use of charcoal and pencil, graphic drawing techniques, wet media, color theory, and optical illusions. In her freshmen through junior year of high school Giovanna was enrolled in the Jersey City Visual Arts Program. She studied several complex art techniques that included sculpture, acrylics, mosaics, and 3D with cardboards. In her senior year Giovanna took a digital arts class. This class sparked new interests in her because she got to explore the use of an iPad to draw on and the vast options of digital art tools that came with it. And last summer of 2019 Giovanna completed a Harvard University Edx Course online called "The Pyramids of Giza: Ancient Egyptian Art and Archaeology" taught by Philip J. King Professor of Egyptology, Harvard University where she studied the history of art and hieroglyphics of the temples, pyramids and the Sphinx. All in all she gets to explore her imagination and live vicariously through her art. And her imagination is never ending so hold on for the ride.
My name is Isabel Lopez. I am a senior at McNair Academic High School and will study Illustration at Rhode Island School of Design next fall.
My name is Tatiana Cruz. I am a senior at McNair Academic High School and will attend Rutgers-Newark next fall.
Scholarship Winner:
Stephanie Arias
Montclair State University
Theatre
$52,000 in Grants/Scholarships
Betsy Pimentel
JCArts/ Dickinson High School
Accepted to
Barry University ($50,000 yr full scholarship) Acting - Theatre Department
Betsy Pimentel is a senior from William L. Dickinson High School and the Jersey City Arts Honors Program. Theatre is a window into societies that came before us and a reflection of our own. Theatre has been the most pivotal experience of Betsy's high school career and has shaped her into the person she is today which is why she plans to continue her theatre studies in college. She will be attending Barry University in sunny Miami on a full scholarship and hopes to grace the stage in Florida soon. She wants to thank her teachers and will do her best to make her family proud!
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Stephanie Arias is a senior from Liberty High School and the Jersey City Arts Honors Program. She is beyond grateful for everything the JCArts Program has given her from understanding acting technique and performance to giving her a second family whenever she walked into the classroom. She’d like to thank Troupe 7138 for helping her when she needed them, her mentor, Mr. Paolucci, for his support and kindness, and her family for allowing her to go to MSU "Theater Days" and competitions. She will continue pursuing theatre at Montclair State University and will be dedicated to continue working on craft in addition to learning more about the world. She is dedicated to making sure she improves herself everyday so she can achieve her dreams. She is very excited and determined to make her mark on the world.
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Leticia Soares De Castro is a Kearny High School Senior with an interest in Fine Arts. She's been a student of KHS since 2016 and will be graduating sometime in 2020. She is pursuing Fine Arts as a result of the support of Mr. Bednarczyk, Mrs. Donnelly, Mrs. Astrella as well as many other KHS STAFF, friends, and classmates. They endorsed and fueled her creativity. "I wouldn’t have dared to do it without the confidence that their positivity granted me".
Ashley Ramos has many plans after graduation, one of which includes attending Kean University with a major in psychology even though she is undecided about her minor. She does know that she wants to help people in the future and hopes that her bachelor's degree in Psychology will help her do so. She has many different hobbies with one of them being photography. She loves the idea that you can see a picture and you can get so many different meanings from it as they say a picture is worth a thousand words.
Ashley Ramos has many plans after graduation, one of which includes attending Kean University with a major in psychology even though she is undecided about her minor. She does know that she wants to help people in the future and hopes that her bachelor's degree in Psychology will help her do so. She has many different hobbies with one of them being photography. She loves the idea that you can see a picture and you can get so many different meanings from it as they say a picture is worth a thousand words.
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Agustina Nicole Cueto is in the graduating class of 2020 at Memorial High School. Agustina is an Argentinian artist that grew up in WNY. She's planning on majoring in Fine Arts BFA & Art Education at School of Visual Arts, NY. A principal theme in Agustina's work is portraits and still life. Growing up she's been taking private painting lessons on the side which made her discover her art style. She loves making art that has a meaning behind it and trying out different techniques/ mediums. Her biggest art influencers are Frida Khalo, Gustav Klimt, and her mother. She's been awarded with 7 certificates for art exhibitions for her work.
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Daniella Renteria, 18, is a senior at North Bergen High School who began playing the violin when she was eight years old and has studied with Dorothy Kaplan Roffman, Nurit Pacht, Avi Nagin, and currently studies with Krzysztof Kuznik. In addition to studying violin, Daniella has studied voice for five years with Renata Kapilevich, and currently studies with Emma Brondolo. At Thurnauer, she is a member of the Thurnauer Symphony Orchestra and the Thurnauer Chamber Music Program. Daniella was the winner of the Thurnauer Symphony Orchestra’s 2019 Concerto Competition, and was selected for the Handler Master Classes taught by Almita Vamos, David Chan, Ani Kavafian, and Daniel Philips. Daniella has also been chosen to be a part of the Kaplan Honors Recital seven times. She has attended The Elisabeth Morrow School’s Summer String Festival, String Society at Dwight Englewood School, Kinhaven Music School’s Senior Session, and Eastern Music Festival. Daniella was a part of the New Jersey City University Symphony Orchestra in 2018, and was invited to perform in El Legado de IAFCJ in Monterey, Mexico. She is a member of the Young People's Chorus at Thurnauer, and was a vocal soloist with the chorus for the New York Chorus Festival in the Stern Auditorium/ Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall. Daniella won Top Honors in the Hudson County Alliance of Teen Artists in 2018 and 2019, and went on to compete in the New Jersey Alliance of Teen Artist in 2018 and 2019 Performance Festival, winning the Silver Spotlight Award. She has been part of the children’s choir for the New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera’s production of “Tosca.” Daniella will be furthering her music education at Montclair State University in Montclair, NJ, majoring in Instrumental performance.
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Marcella Audiffred - will be attending Montclair State University as a Dance Major. Marci was a member of the UCHS Dance Company and the Drillettes Dance Team for four years. She was also very active in the Theater program, and Eagle Vision Media, Visual and Graphic.
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Lilia Diaz - will be attending Stockton University as a Dance Major. Lilia was a member of the UCHS Dance Company and the Drillettes Dance Team for two years.
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Devin Machuca will be attending Montclair State University as a BFA Acting major. He is a student at Union City High School, yet he is involved with Jose Marti STEM Academy, as he was the lead in JMSA’s play, EURYDICE, playing the role of Orpheus.
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Devin Machuca
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