This summer I got a surprise phone call from the executive director of Northern Manhttan Arts Alliance, (NoMAA) Niria E. Leyva-Gutiérrez, PhD, and chair of the board of directors Luis A. Miranda, Jr., awarding me a substantial grant of $15,000! As a long time resident and artist in Washington Heights, and a fan and supporter of NoMAA, I was rendered speechless by this generous gift.

This grant is part of an initiative supporting artists in upper Manhattan, in partnership with Grow with Google, the Hispanic Society and the Miranda Family, and in honor of In The Heights. 

NoMAA is an amazing organization, check out all they make happen uptown!