19. Hypothesis
Through an interaction with creative professionals,
one can instill a sense of responsibility and long-term
planning to potential gang members in Honduras.
This in contrast to existing gang member remediation
programs which focus primarily on overt vocational needs.
This interaction could help reach the teens’ longing
for autonomy, mastery, and purpose to disrupt
patterns of poverty in their communities.
24. Xenia Mejia Heleci Ramirez Lester Rodriguez
Visual Artist Photographer Artist / Blogger
25. Wilmer Murillo Adán Vallecillo Alberto Lainez
Illustrator Artist / Sociologist Singer /
Environmental engineer
26. Artists provide a set of
gifts to culture that cannot
be kept, but must be
passed on.
Lewis Hyde
27. Project Ideas
AVANT GANG Project
A mentoring program that will pair well established artists and teens, aimed to
foster empathic capacity and creativity in youth by getting them involved with
the artists creative process.
connection interaction Exposure Credability Longevity
28. Sources
The Element
Robinson, Ken.
OUTLIERS,The story of success.
Gladwell, Malcolm.
DRIVE
Pink, Daniel.
A Whole New Mind.
Pink, Daniel.
Maras and gangs, Policie and community in Central America
Araya. Soley. González.
Interviews & Surveys