In the early 80s, a first-grade teacher in Flushing, Queens, had a student who was repeating her class. She saw a little introverted immigrant boy who loved to draw. She asked to see his work, photocopied it, and shared it with the class. “I turned red, and I felt exposed,” shared Leo Jimenez, 46, a multidisciplinary artist and instructor at BRIC Arts Media in Brooklyn, New York City. However, this was the first time Jimenez remembers being really seen.

Now he helps others, not only being comfortable being seen, but also to be seen.

“I will say just like how you put important documents in a suitcase to keep them, this is what you do with the cloud,” explains Jimenez. He tries to think about how he would teach his own grandma, and teach his students that way. He facilitates as many questi

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