This month’s installment of our Staff Spotlight series features the Director of Youth Employment, Sanaly Santiago. As the Director of Youth Employment, Sanaly is responsible for recruitment, enrollment, and onboarding of participants of SYEP and Work, Learn and Grow program.

This month’s installment of our Staff Spotlight series features our Project Designer, Serena Seshadri. In this role, Serena collaborates with other project designers and artists to design projects and teach them at schools.

This month’s installment of Beam’s Staff Spotlight series features Beam's Director of School Partnerships, Jeff Wood. As the Director of School Partnership, Jeff arranges collaborations between school faculty and Beam Project Designers to create ambitious and transformative project-based experiences for young people in their school communities.

This month’s installment of Beam’s Staff Spotlight series features our Beam Camp’s co-Director, Dondo Zakheim. Dondo has worked at Beam Center, Beam Camp’s umbrella organization, for 7 years during which they facilitated past summer day camp programs, in-school projects, and more.

This month’s installment of Beam’s Staff Spotlight series features our Manager of Institutional Giving, Helena Chung. As the Manager of Institutional Giving, Helena maintains relationships with Beam’s institutional funders, writes grants, organizes volunteer opportunities, and assists with fundraising events like our Annual Gala. In addition to being a full time employee at Beam, Helena is a Korean-American poet currently residing in Brooklyn, NY.