2023 PARTICIPANTS
EUREKA! 2023 Teams
Team 1 | MoMa
Arin Fogarty, Marlee Taylor, Oriana Foss, Michael Grippo
Team 2 | Crossant
John Curley, Kennedy Intihar, Michelle Fu
Team 3 | Monstrous Manicules
Ashley Persia, Jennifer Zhang, Claire Wang
Team 4 | Heart Crosser
Nathaniel Cardiel, Liam Donnell, Alicia Gentes, Nilda Castañeda
Team 5 | Cross fire
Emmet Blanchette, Alyssa Ly, Amy Huang, Sheetal Pandey
Team 6 | Four-ward
Igor Polotai, Ava Moran, Anh Vu, Irene Tu
Meet the amazing participants of EUREKA! 2023
Alicia Gentes (she/her)
Year: Second Year
Major: Graphic Design
From: Lakeville, Pennsylvania
Favorite food: Chicken gnocchi soup
Favorite creature: Parrots and otters
Hobby: Creating collages and painting
What inspires me to be creative: Music, friends, emotions
Alyssa Ly (she/her)
Year: Third Year
Major: Graphic Design
From: The Bronx
Favorite food: Ramen
Favorite creature: Manatees
Hobby: Illustration
What inspires me to be creative: Imagination and storytelling
Amy Huang (they/she)
Year: Fourth Year
Major: Graphic Design
From: Rochester, NY
Favorite food: Garlic parm chicken wings
Favorite creature: Dragons
Hobby: Creative writing
What inspires me to be creative: Looking at what other artists are creating and indulging in said content if possible (movies, shows, video games, etc).
Anh Vu (she/her)
Year: Second Year
Major: Illustration
From: Hanoi, Vietnam
Favorite food: Chocolate
Favorite creature: Cat
Hobby: Playing piano
What inspires me to be creative: Everything
Arin Fogarty (he/him)
Year: Third Year
Major: Graphic Design
From: Rochester
Favorite food: Sticky Rice
Favorite creature: Raccoons
Hobby: Skiing
What inspires me to be creative: Myself, but also seeing how much joy it can bring other people.
Ashley Persia (she/her)
Year: Second Year
Major: Graphic Design
From: Pittsburgh
Favorite food: Chicken caesar wrap from Brick City
Favorite creature: Panda
Hobby: Running
What inspires me to be creative: Bold colors and the hope to make beautiful and impactful art and designs.
Ava Moran (she/her)
Year: Second Year
Major: Graphic Design
From: Boston, MA
Favorite food: Ice Cream
Favorite creature: Cat
Hobby: Yoga
What inspires me to be creative: Illustration
Claire Wang (she/her)
Year: First Year
Major: Graphic Design
From: Maryland
Favorite food: Sushi
Favorite creature: Sheep
Hobby: Songwriting
What inspires me to be creative: Other creatives! As well as literally anything that strikes me as interesting.
Emmet Blanchette
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Major: Graphic Design
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Igor Polotai (he/him)
Year: Second Year
Major: Game Design Development
From: Victor, NY
Favorite food: General Tso’s Chicken
Favorite creature: Capybara
Hobby: Learning history
What inspires me to be creative: My drive to create meaningful software, in this case games.
Irene Tu (she/her)
Year: Second Year
Major: New Media Design
From: Long Island, NY / China
Favorite food: Sushi
Favorite creature: Cat
Hobby: Drawing
What inspires me to be creative: Artworks, photos, dreams.
Jennifer Zhang (she/her)
Year: Fourth Year
Major: Graphic Design
From: New Jersey
Favorite food: Sushi
Favorite creature: Panda
Hobby: I love cooking during my free time!
What inspires me to be creative: The endless possibilities with designing and being able to design what I’m most passionate about.
John Curley (he/him)
Year: Third Year
Major:
From: Albany, NY
Favorite food: Shrimp Scampi
Favorite creature: Otter
Hobby: Biking, rock climbing, soccer
What inspires me to be creative: Instagram page @8newideas
Kennedy Inithar (she/her)
Year: Second Year
Major: Graphic Design
From: Buffalo, New York
Favorite food: Artesano Caramel Javiva
Favorite creature: Stingray
Hobby: Collecting records and seeing live music shows
What inspires me to be creative: Music and art are heavily intertwined in my life — the more I consume music the more I feel inspired to create, design, and dance!
Liam Donnell (he/him)
Year: Second Year
Major: Graphic Design
From: Carthage, NY
Favorite food: Grilled cheese
Favorite creature: Axolotl
Hobby: Photography
What inspires me to be creative: Seeing inspiring art or design and wanting to make something as good.
Marlee Taylor (she/her)
Year: Second Year
Major: Graphic Design
From: Rochester
Favorite food: Ice cream
Favorite creature: Cats
Hobby: Reading
What inspires me to be creative: A lot of things.
Michelle Fu (she/her)
Year: Second Year
Major: Graphic Design
From: Taichung, Taiwan
Favorite food: Beef noodle soup
Favorite creature: Leafsheep
Hobby: Paper crafts
What inspires me to be creative: Going in nature to look at animals or looking at other people’s work.
Michael Grippo (he/him)
Year: Third Year
Major: Graphic Design
From: Rochester, NY
Favorite food: Pizza/chicken parm/dessert
Favorite creature: Spiders
Hobby: Woodworking
What inspires me to be creative: Others/fixing things/ideas.
Nathaniel Cardiel (he/him)
Year: Fourth Year
Major: Graphic Design
From: El Paso, Texas
Favorite food: Steak Dinner and/or any Breakfast dish
Favorite creature: Dog
Hobby: Breweries and Record Stores
What inspires me to be creative: The world, my experience of life, love, faith, work, school, and innovation.
Nilda Castañeda (she/her)
Year: Third Year
Major: Graphic Design
From: Puerto Rico
Favorite food: Chicken wings
Favorite creature: Dogs
Hobby: Language learning
What inspires me to be creative: I find that my creativity is often inspired by the work of other people. I like seeing the many ways people can interpret the same project and that motivates me to make my own unique interpretation. I also find it fascinating how you can learn so much from the type of work people do and I hope people can feel the same with my art. I hope they can see me in it.
Oriana Foss (she/they)
Year: Second Year
Major: Graphic Design
From: Connecticut
Favorite food: Asian foods
Favorite creature: Fox
Hobby: Playing video games
What inspires me to be creative: Animation movies such as studio Ghibli.
Sheetal Pandey
Year: Second Year
Major: Communications
From: Jharkhand, India
Favorite food: A warm bowl of Rajma-Chawal or a hearty Veggie Sandwich
Favorite creature: Changes every other day (currently it’s the Desert Rain Frog)
Hobby: Writing poems, visiting art galleries and museums, water bodies, and exploring new music
What inspires me to be creative: Fluid conversations and open perspectives.