NVAM Education and Programs Manager Receives Illinois Treasurer's Award for Outstanding Service in Arts and Humanity for AAPI Heritage Month 2021!

We are proud to announce that our own Moki Tantoco, Education and Programs Manager, is honored as an Illinois leader during Asian Pacific American Heritage Month for outstanding commitment in Arts and Humanity.

Moki has been working with us since graduating with a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2014. Certified with an Illinois Professional Educator License in K-12 Visual Arts Education, Moki develops curriculums and programming that explores social justice issues and multiculturalism using interdisciplinary art practices.

Please watch her interview with Illinois State Treasurer, Michael Frerichs, on the Treasurer's Heritage Month Celebrations.