WOCoB Prep

WOCoB College Preparatory is a tuition-free arts education program for gifted girls from historically underrepresented minority groups and low-income families. Due to limited community resources and budget cuts in public arts education, we are filling the gap with advanced training in several art forms to expand our gifted learners' cultural knowledge, build our gifted learners' creative portfolios, and build our gifted learners' development skills such as good study habits, independence, self-confidence, and self-motivation; so they may excel in their future education and professional endeavors.

As former students of two notable fine arts institutions in New York City, co-founders Victoria Velazquez and Alexia Sielo designed this education program based on their unmet academic and professional needs as young women of color entering the entertainment industry. With virtual and in-person events, L.I.W.I.C.’s unique platform provides the aide and resources many programs do not answer for black or brown students in New York City. It covers all fields of the theater industry for student-members who are interested in performance, writing, directing, producing, makeup artistry, sound engineering, light engineering, costume design, stage design, orchestration, artist management, casting agency, theater law, journalism, and philanthropy.

L.I.W.I.C. 

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for Library: WOCoB’s online database that collects journals, novels, interviews, and special articles written by, or for, historic theatrical figures of color.

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for Interviews: Online and in-person conversations with professional creatives of color to inspire students with invaluable professional advice.

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for Workshop: Immersive-mentoring with hands-on training in various on stage or off stage positions for digital or in-person projects. With WOCoB Workshops, students are given the opportunity to showcase their skills for criticism from well-established theater professionals in both creative and executive positions.

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for Internships: WOCoB creates, with their corporate partners which includes theatre entities, production companies, marketing firms, and casting agencies, etc., internship and mentorship opportunities for college female students of color between the ages 18-25.

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for Career Center: The WOCoB Career Center is a small division designed for college seniors and graduates who need assistance in job searching within their desired fields in the theater industry. We provide our resources through our exclusive job listing, as well as expertise resume building, audition and job interview skills.

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