In this episode we speak with rising NYU freshman, Bárbara López. Babs, young and passionate about making a different in the arts community, discusses her unique upbringing, her fears and expectations around starting a degree mid global pandemic, and shares some of her beautiful writing with us.

Find Babs: @babs.lopez

Resources & References

Something Fierce: Memoirs of a Revolutionary Daughter - Carmen Aguirre

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/234055/something-fierce-by-carmen-aguirre/9780345813824

High Performance Rodeo

https://www.hprodeo.ca

Revolution Or Slumber - Western Canada High School in collaboration with the High Performance Radio

https://www.hprodeo.ca/2020/revolution-or-slumber

Just Kids - Patti Smith

https://www.harpercollins.com/products/just-kids-patti-smith?variant=32206090633250

M Train - Patti Smith

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/249083/m-train-by-patti-smith/

The Trigger - Carmen Aguirre

https://talonbooks.com/books/the-trigger

In the Heights - Lin Manuel Miranda

https://www.linmanuel.com/project/in-the-heights/

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Cover art by Lucy Sharpe

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*All music used in this episode was created by Anna Atkinson on GarageBand.