Evelyn Quiroz

As an artist, I can be creative, messy, and quirky, all in one. Even so, I use these qualities to bring out the best in what I can do. I make the best of what I have, and the outcome may surprise you. I aim to amaze and I'm always trying to find things that are different in the best of ways.
Standing out is something I always try to do, all while staying true to who I am. I believe being yourself is what makes people unique, because no one else can be you. And as cheesy as that sounds, there's truth in the value of being yourself.

For a future career, I intend to become an Art Therapist for these reasons:

1) Art has been such a major part of my life that I believe my life without it would be boring and unsatisfying. I feel that it's a necessity for me to keep art involved in my life.

2) I myself have used art as a personal therapy and the feeling it's brought me is like no other. If I have the chance to help others discover that same serenity from art, then I will gladly take the opportunity to do so.

Portrait by A.J, student of The North East School of the Arts