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The Executive team consists of 8 eleventh grade students who've been diligently working to plan this year's event since the Fall of 2022.
Additionally, they have worked alongside Marta Vernet, Ana Martinez, and Luisa Miguez to make the most of the event, and broaden the opportunities for change. Below, you can get to know a bit more about each member of the team!
We would also like to thank the previous RefugArt Executive board for setting such a strong foundation for success in both our year and in future years to come.
Sophia Agudo Degrange
Sophia is a Spanish/German student at ASB. Attending ASB for quite some time, she has bared witness to all RefugArt events, and learned about the importance of the event. Sophia has always admired student oriented groups such as RefugArt who are hard working, organised and passionate to advocate for those who are in need. There is significant focus on student collaboration and creativity which instantly drove her to join. She is looking forward to working with our team to develop this year’s 2023 April RefugArt event!
Elena Martín Ortega
Elena is a Spanish ASB student passionate about activism and humanitarian aid, and helping out however she can to improve issues of global importance. She has always been fond of hands-on creative work, and is excited that RefugArt offers both of these qualities. For her, Refugart is an opportunity to take action, no matter how small, to improve the increasingly worsening issue of the refugee crisis. She is excited to be an involved member of the community, and cannot wait for others to see the work her and her teammates have done so far!
Miranda Newland
Mimi has been a student at ASB for four years, and has participated in RefugArt since 9th grade. She originally joined because of her interest in creating art that served a purpose and could cause change. Now, she is thrilled to be part of the Executive Board and further her involvement in the RefugArt mission.
Clara Escayola Royuela
Throughout her years at ASB, Clara has always appreciated the RefugArt event. It's a celebration and enlightenment that joins ASB staff, parents, and students to raise awareness for a global issue. She wants to use her creativity to bring new ideas to the 2023 RefugArt event, and is excited to present the documentary she is working on for this cause!
Emma Travella
Emma is an Italian ASB student passionate about art, design, and is eager to help others and make a difference in the community around her. Emma decided to join the Executive Team this year in order to spread awareness about the global refugee climate crisis and wants to encourage others to take action and show their support for their own community too. She is excited to be one of the leaders of this important event here at ASB and can't wait to present this year's ideas and concepts that she has been working on with the help of all her team members!
Damla Bortucen
Damla is a Turkish ASB student passionate about helping those in need. For her, RefugArt is an opportunity to learn, raise awareness of the global refugee crisis and encourage others to get involved. With the creativity and passion of everyone in this year’s team, the 2023 RefugArt Event is bound to be a success!
Lena Boisseau
Refuge Art, created in 2016, brings the ASB community together, including parents, students, and staff to raise money and awareness for refugees. This well rounded group balancing the arts, educative information, and advocating for refugees appealed to Lena and her desire to help the community however she can. She is excited to show the effort that the executive team has put into making this year both special and memorable!
Lea Meffert
As a person who has always wanted to contribute to initiatives with goals to help communities globally, Lea is excited to be a part of such an incredible team striving for change! By applying our varying strengths and collaboration skills, she is sure that we will create an impactful event in raising awareness and helping those closely related to urgent issues.
Ms. Luisa Miguez
Refugart Mentor and Advisor
For Ms. Luisa, she believes RefugArt is an amazing project where students´ creativity and commitment to helping others comes together to raise awareness on the issue of refugees. With Ms. Ana´s guidance, students make art and this in itself is beautiful, but when you know you are helping others, it's even more rewarding. Being part of RefugArt is an important part of her teaching load and she believes that together, we can do a lot to help those in need.
Ms. Ana Martínez
Refugart Mentor and Advisor
Ms. Ana, founded Refugart with Ms. Marta Vernet along with some IB visual Art students in 2016. This project started using real life jackets from Refugees brought from Greece. The ASB community designed art pieces using these jackets, in order to bring awareness about the refugee crisis. Since then, the project has been growing. RefugArt is a tool to bring awareness about this situation through creativity and empathy. She believes that working as a team we can make a change in our society,
Ms. Marta Vernet
Refugart Mentor and Advisor
Ms. Marta Vernet, a founder of Refugart, is passionate about education and connecting the youngest ones with the community through Service-Learning programs. She is a divergent thinking, working all projects from the grassroots.
Refugart means HOPE, to empower future change makers.
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