Francess hails from Washington D.C. and lived in Brooklyn, NY for nearly 20 years. She began her career making tape labels and ordering lunches at National Video Center. It was there that she cut her teeth and began to learn the world of Post Production. This world offered Francess the opportunities to work at MTV, […]
Jenaro Diaz has earned a reputation as an innovative, bicultural interactive developer and designer with expertise in creating and executing imaginative interactive campaigns in both English and Spanish. His progressive experiences in the field have led to success in the video, database, games, and website development with an emphasis on the entertainment, gaming, and consumer […]
Thanks to all who attended our virtual edition of the E4 Youth Showcase and Awards. Check out video of the event as well as our showcase winners work by clicking on the links below and the key community partners we recognized this year. Get Creative Club High School Showcase Winners Best of Show / […]
The 2020 E4 Youth Showcase & Awards program is Thursday, May 21st from 7pm to 8:30pm online. (Tune in instructions will be provided one week in advance) This is our largest annual event featuring student work and portfolio presentations from our ecosystem of Get Creative Enrichment Clubs. Our most ourstanding students will receive special rewards including […]
As part of the St. David’s Foundation Healthiest People Initiative, E4 Youth has received an $85,000 Innovation Grant. The grant will bolster E4 Youth’s Creative Leadership Academy (CLA), which trains and employs college age youth to lead high school enrichment clubs. E4 Youth’s standards aligned Employability Curriculum™ is a series of 20 to 30 minute […]
Austin Digital Heritage Project We’re using oral histories and VR to “restore” legendary locations like the Harlem Theater across East Austin. Goals: Build a community of practice that 1) Provides professional level training and employment within the creative economy. 2) Builds a virtual archive featuring oral histories of older residents of color. 3) Promotes multi-generational events that raise awareness of […]
Help Us Build the E4 Virtual Archive (E4VA) of East Austin Oral Histories The E4VA, pronounced “Eva”, will serve as a virtual archive of oral histories that will allow both new and long term residents, tourists and people in their homes all over the world, gain a better sense of Austin’s vanishing past. Volunteer Now […]
Most Teachers Don’t Look Like Our Students and That’s a Problem. Photo credit: Atlanta Blackstar Racial and ethnic minorities accounted for 20% of of all public elementary and secondary school teachers in the United States during the 2015–16 school year.– Pew Research Center, 2017 65% of the students in Central Texas are of color. – Texas Tribune. 2019 No matter […]
Remix VR in the web browser in 10 minutes! E4 Youth is partnering with Latinitas and the Intel Foundation’s She Will Connect program to teach 1000 girls across Central Texas to remix VR stories about their lives over the coming year. So, we developed a “One-Sheet” for Intel volunteers to use as they coach the girls. The […]