RE Log Fall 2018

44 Ransom Everglades LOG )$// Nicole Verde ’19 The Bowden fellowship allowed me to attend The New York Times ’ Summer Academy and take a journalism course taught by writer Helene Stapinski. I interviewed many subjects including street artist RAE BK and New York as- semblywoman Yuh Line Niou. I also got the amazing opportunity to sit in on the RɤFLDO PRUQLQJ EULH¿QJ PHHWLQJ ZLWK WKH editors of The New York Times and spend the morning with national correspondent writer Shaila Dewan. Maddie MacEachern ’19 My goal was to capture the magic of Shake-A-Leg through photography and spread its mission of inclusion to the surrounding community. I am turning the photos into a gallery and book with captions describing the joy of the kids. Andrea Pearl ’19 DQG Mia Tellechea-Choi ’19 We traveled to Mexico to understand how music can greatly improve the lives of underprivileged children. We spent a few weeks producing a short video illustrating the way impoverished students are transforming their futures through $XJH D QRQ SUR¿W WKDW SURYLGHV WKHP ZLWK DF- cess to instruments and instruction. Isa Peña ’19 I spent my time this summer training and rehearsing with students from the Inclusion Theater Project for a production of Shrek: The Musical Jr . I worked as a director and musical GLUHFWRU DORQJVLGH VWDɣ IURP WKH 5DQVRP Everglades Performing Arts Department and Area Stage Company. The Sept. 8 performance at the Lewis Family Auditorium highlighted students with developmental disabilities such as autism and Down syndrome.