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Staff and Teaching Artists
ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF
Sheila Fortson
Founder & Executive Director​
Crystal Amah
Director of Marketing & Community Engagement
Samantha Douse
Senior Manager of Programming & Operations
Z Marciniak
Reception, Photography
Jordan Kappler
Programming Assistant
Ethan Alonzo
Fund Development
Assistant
Torance Douse
Manager of Finance
and Culture
Duke Ellington
Mascot & Official Greeter
TEACHING ARTISTS
Omar Ramírez
piano
Nico Muñoz
piano, guitar, ukelele, percussion
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Dr. Michelle Brooks
piano, voice
Giselle Ladenheim
piano, clarinet
Anisa Wilbon
flute
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Allison Hill
cello
Nadia Simmons
visual art
Z Marciniak
visual art
Heejin Seo (Jin)
voice, piano
Joy Young
creative writing
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Oliver Munoz
viola, violin
Jordan Kappler
creative writing
Eren Fitzgerald
violin, music history, historical/non-Fiction writing
Charlie Short
percussion
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