Some good news to share: Gianna has been nominated for the Baltimore Homecoming Heroes Awards, which recognize Baltimore’s nonprofit leaders and are sponsored by the T. Rowe Price Foundation. If she wins, Baltimore Youth Arts receives $20,000!
I’ve worked alongside Gianna for more than 11 years, and this one is well deserved. She builds things that last, and she shows up for young people when other systems don’t. A lot of what BYA is today is because of her.
Winning comes down to public votes, so we’re rallying everyone in the BYA community.
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The $20,000 would go right back into the studio: paid apprenticeship hours, materials, and more chances for young people involved in the justice system to build creative skills and earn money doing it.
Let’s get her this win!
Dave Eassa
Co-Executive Director, Baltimore Youth Arts