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Marisol Castaneda-Salgado

Beam’s April installment of our Staff Spotlight series features Beam Camp City’s Director, Marisol Castaneda-Salgado. Beam Camp City is our day-camp experience on Governors Island for groups of campers grades 4 and above from publicly funded schools or community-based organizations.

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Phillip Castillo

This month’s installment of our Staff Spotlight series features Beam's welding guru, Phillip Castillo. As a member of the project production team, Phillip works with young people in Beam’s Fellows Program.

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Lizzie Hurst

Beam’s January installment of our Staff Spotlight series features Beam Project Designer, Lizzie Hurst. In addition to her past work leading projects in partner schools across NYC, Lizzie oversees Beam’s Project Leaders program.

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Maya Ennis

Our December 2021 installment of Beam’s Staff Spotlight series featured our Director of Development at Beam Center, Maya Ennis. As the Director of Development, Maya cultivates resources for Beam, including bringing in new funding to support Beam’s mission while maintaining relationships with existing funders and community members.

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Kyle Luntz

Beam’s November 2021 installment of our Staff Spotlight series featured Beam Project Designer and schools team lead, Kyle. As a Project Designer, Kyle helps develop and facilitate Beam’s Fundamentals and Advanced school-based projects, including an Escape Room, Future Humans, and Boomboxes.

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