Staff

Diana Daniels (Teaching Artist)- studied Art History at CCNY. She was a facilitator for a Training Workshop at Wagner college for performance Theatre, a collaboration between Wagner College and Syracuse University. She has taught song and dance at Markham Gardens housing in Staten Island, NY for a performance at the Markham Day Celebration. Diana was an assistant director with the Sounds of Port Richmond Theatre Company and created a unique and moving piece “Every Time You See Me,” she also performed in the piece to a sold-out audience at the Staten Island Cultural Lounge in the St. George Ferry Terminal. Diana started painting after retiring. Painting is something she always had the desire to do. Abstract and Mixed Media is what Diana drawn to but she has a great appreciation for all the creative arts. She has participated in three Art shows and one competition. She won 2nd place in the art competition sponsored by Wagner College. Diana has also acted and helped create numerous original plays, several with Moonlight Productions. Diana is a Teaching Artist with Moonlight Productions and a board member of Moonlight Productions NYC. She is also part of Moonlight Productions NYC’s Senior Acting Troupe
and just performed in their original play “The Star Catchers.”

Alyssa Martino is a passionate 3D artist, and graduate of Computer Animation, based in the New York City area looking to pave her way through the entertainment industry. Using her creative mind and talent, she is working her way up to one day directing her own films and producing an original comic series, with the goal in mind to inspire other young artists that you don’t always need a big team or a million dollars in equipment to make a project happen, sometimes all you need is yourself, an idea, and a passion to make it happen no matter what. Alyssa has a vast interest in all things comics, ranging from the weirdest storylines by Marvel and DC respectively to masterpieces produced by independent webcomic artists.