Celebrating its 30th year, the six fantastic Cognizart Young Artists Debut! Winners who will be performing under the guidance of YAD! Program Director Marian Gutierrez-Curiel: Emily Seo, age 15, Kaylee Nah, age 14, Cyrus Ngan, age 18, Nikita Istratov, age 17, Haruka Sakiyama, age 16, and Ellie Liu, age 13.

Founded in 1993, Cognizart by MetroArts Inc. is a nonprofit organization championing the key tenant that arts education is the great equalizer in bridging socioeconomic gaps. Thousands of children have participated in its teaching for creativity programs that ignite children’s natural creativity, well-being, social inclusion, and self-confidence.