Meet Scholarship Recipient Stephanie Aquino
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Meet Scholarship Recipient Stephanie Aquino

On Wednesday May 20th we were honored to present the first ever IA Scholarship award at Hope Academy to recent graduate Stephanie Aquino. This scholarship is a $2,500/year award for up to four years for a Hope Academy graduate pursuing a major or minor in the arts, or some minimum level of artistic studies. Eligible students must…

Mathare 2015
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Mathare 2015

We just returned from our fifth Art Camp in the Mathare Valley, Kenya and were blown away by the amazing creativity of the 60 talented students who participated! This years team of Artist Mentors were: Jason, LaVonne and Philister – Video, Henry and Dennis – Photography, Sarah and Seth – Visual Art, Mark, James and Winny – Music….

Making Music
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Making Music

We first met CeCe at People Serving People during our Video Exploration Program last fall. As part of that program the PSP D3 Teens created a cool video called “PSP Talent.” During that time we discovered that CeCe is a talented singer, song-writer and dancer with creative potential just waiting to be unleashed. So during the last couple months CeCe has been…

$10K for Scholarships at the IA Dinner and Auction!
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$10K for Scholarships at the IA Dinner and Auction!

What a special night at our first annual Scholarship Dinner and Auction last Saturday! Over 125 friends, family, partners and students attended, and together we raised over $10,000 for IA Scholarships to be awarded in 2015! 100% of these funds will go toward student scholarships through partnerships in the Mathare Valley, the D.R. and at Hope Academy…