The personnel
Aitina Fareed-Cooke is a graduate of Buffalo State College with a Masters of Science in Education with a focus in Educational Technology, an entrepreneur, and business owner of Get Fokus'd Productions (photo & film company), and has over 15 years experience assisting and collaborating with various organizations to better the lives of youth. She has served as the Say Yes Community Schools’ Navigator for Buffalo Public Schools, Education Coordinator and Teaching Artist at Young Audiences WNY, Youth Services Site Coordinator at the CAO N.U.R.T.U.R.E. Academy After-School & Summer Program, Youth Development Professional at the Boys & Girls Club, Youth Skill Builder at the Heart Foundation and Photography teacher at CEPA Gallery, to name a few.
Aitina has created programs that have improved youth awareness, provided positive solutions for unproductive behaviors, developed community service events that increased parent involvement and strengthened communities. Aitina has successfully created and facilitated multimedia projects for programs and organizations such as: Young Audiences of Western New York, The National Weed & Seed Program, CAO N.U.R.T.U.R.E. Academy After-School & Summer Program, XCEL Leadership Program, and CEPA Gallery's Picturing Poetry, and Mapping Communities Program.
