Bios

Jordan Alexander is from Louisiana. He spends his time reading and writing short stories and poetry. Jordan attends Delgado, matriculating towards an Associates of General Studies. After Delgado, Jordan will transfer schools and major in English.

Tiffany Ball is from Jefferson, Louisiana. She likes drawing and listening to music, mainly K-Pop.

Constance Barley is a 34-year-old, single mother of two young boys. She was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, and raised in Magnolia Projects Community from the age of four until eleven years of age. She has always enjoyed styling hair from baby dolls to real people. Now she’s a licensed cosmetologist and has been styling hair for over 10 years. Constance is also advancing her career by pursuing her associate’s degree in Business at Delgado Community College, City Park Campus.

Terry Bradford is a Delgado student in New Orleans majoring in Graphic Design. Terry’s dream is to become a great cartoonist who can someday have his cartoon shows on Cartoon Network or Netflix. He also works for an online apparel company named, InkBlot.ink, where he designs his cartoons on shirts! you can follow up on Terry’s artwork on his Instagram @t_doodlez255.

Bethanie Cassard aspires to someday be known as a writer, a singer, and a teacher. She lives for creativity and her puppies Luna and Roxy.

Yeyni Castaneda writes short poems about loud thoughts.

Nola Darling is a New Orleans native who is a self-taught photographer and spoken word artist. Nola has been performing spoken word poetry since the age of 11 and began photography shortly after. In a city as robust and busting with creative energy and good vibes as New Orleans, Nola is a reflection of the beautifully unique city she is named after.

Janaé Frank is a current student at Delgado Community College. She enjoys reading and baking but is a true writer at heart. Her favorite genres are fiction and poetry. Originally from NOLA, she often draws inspiration for her writing from the many diversities and cultures of the city.

Hope Galloway is a local artist who enjoys personifying objects or concepts.

Cierra Halphen is a 23-year-old woman from New Orleans, LA. She has an interest in poetry and short stories. She likes to create short stories about passion, drama, and past experiences.

Latoya Hancock is from Monticello, AR. Latoya loves taking pictures because it is their peace.

Adria Hopkins is a Delgado student.

Devin Juneau is majoring in Graphic Design. She resides in Metairie, LA. and is a budding cosplayer, making her own props and costumes. Devin has always found that creative fiction writing can be a good place to let the creative mind wonder.

Ryan Kirk is a transplant from Dayton, OH, living his best life in New Orleans. When he isn’t magnet fishing, you can find him rocking out new tunes in the music scene or trying out local cuisines.

Dinah McManus is an undergraduate student at Delgado Community College. She is from Slidell, Louisiana and is majoring in Business Administration. When she is not studying, she enjoys taking pictures in the city of New Orleans.

Tess Morton is the mom of Monti, who is an African Sulcata tortoise. She lives in Covington, Louisiana. She creates beautiful nature images involving her tortoise and posts them to @desertimonti page on Instagram. She wants to share their beauty with the world.

Elliot Pernell goes by El Pernell. New Orleans, born and raised. Owns and operates a Limousine service in the New Orleans area. Loves taking pictures and sometimes he loves to write!

Tonea Price is from St. Louis and enjoys creating multiple forms of art including poetry, photography, and fashion.

Jeff Russo is an artist. In August 2020, he is graduating from Delgado with an associate’s degree in general studies and a concentration in fine arts. Jeff has always enjoyed all aspects of fine arts and has taken classes at DCC in drawing, painting, 3D design, and jewelry making, to name a few. The drawings he is submitting for this publication were done in an Advanced Drawing class this semester. Jeff would like to personally thank the instructors in the fine arts department at DCC. He thinks they are the greatest.

Mary Scinto is a New Orleans based artist who recently began creating as a professional after a decade hiatus working in healthcare. She focuses primarily on paint, writing, card making, and photography. Her interests lie in bridging the relationship between the mind and body through art, focusing on the intricacies and intimacies of the human condition through experience. Mary hopes sharing her voice will help and inspire others to do the same and facilitate a healing process in socially taboo spaces of physical and mental illness.

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It’s been one year since James Smith bought his first oil painting kit with canvas. With no formal training, Smith is doing pretty good. Being from New Orleans, LA, Smith has a lot of interesting things to paint.

Adrienne Snider is a painter who relocated recently to New Orleans from the San Francisco Bay Area. She mostly enjoys painting portraits. She loves experimenting with color and mark-making.

Tamara Soublet is a New Orleans native, makeup artist, and art director. Soublet is studying to obtain a cosmetology license to create more involved visual art, styling from all aspects.

Folami Stewart has always been interested in painting but thought it would be with a brush and a canvas. About a year ago she discovered acrylic pour painting. Stewart spent hours upon hours upon hours studying YouTube videos about acrylic pour painting, then took it upon herself to give it a try. Although her first couple attempts were a bit awkward, she was hooked. Stewart now considers herself an acrylic poor painter, sells her work, and is constantly yearning to improve.

Marco Tabora is a LA transfer student within Delgado. He slowly began to work with cameras, only using them around his household. Then, he became interested in photographing the people of New Orleans. Marco wanted to highlight the people that we would want to get a second glance at, people that caught our attention. With time his collection of seemingly forgettable faces became more robust and interesting, and he continues to search for more.

Matt Valerio is a New Orleans native with a passion for the arts. His major hobby is photography. In his spare time, you can find him stargazing.

V. Vato is a college student in her late twenties. She writes, draws, and paints but loves math. New to New Orleans, she was born in Los Angeles, raised in New England, and has lived in many places.

Injene Viltz is from New Orleans, Louisiana. She is currently a music major and would like to compose music when she graduates.

Dawn Webb is a native of New Orleans, LA. She is a Mortuary Science student at Delgado Community College. She received an associate’s degree in computer programming from Audubon College. Before Hurricane Katrina, Dawn was the Technology Coordinator at St. Raymond Elementary School and St. Alphonsus Elementary School. She creates poetry, short stories and hopes to one day be an accomplished author.

Briane Williams is a Delgado student.

Keitron Williams is a student at Delgado Community College, majoring in Psychology. Writing is one of Keitron’s favorite things to do because it helps them cope. When they need to vent their emotions, they write poetry because it’s therapeutic.

C. Nicole Young is an artist and maker from the Northshore. She enjoys a variety of creative pursuits, including sketching, sculpture, and mixed media. When she is not working in the FabLab on campus, Nikki is most often perfecting an authentic sourdough bake and studying for the MCAT.