Youth Design Center (formerly Made in Brownsville) is a youth creative agency and innovation hub providing a gateway for young people to learn marketable hard skills in STEAM, access postsecondary education, achieve economic mobility, and engage in placed-based community revitalization.
Modeled as a creative service agency, our projects teach design thinking, art, multimedia, tech and communication skills to give young people the technical and leadership tools they need to compete in the innovation economy and to be leaders in their community. YDC offers studios and mentorship in 3D design, printmaking, painting, 3D modeling and fabrication, photography, coding/WDD/robotics, graphic design, video and animation. Design mentors collaborate with youth on projects that impact the vitality of the community as well as client commissioned creative projects.
TEAM
Quardean Lewis-Allen
Brittany Bellinger
Erika Pettersen
CREATIVES
Eloy Ortega, Visual Design
Desdemona Dallas, Photo/Video
Khaalid Rahman, Woodworking
Shyheim Blake, Graphic Design
Jamar Smith, Photography, Web Design, Screen Printing
Kwesi Johnson, Graphic Design
Francisco Trevino, Graphic Design
Deangelo Pipkin, Graphic Design
Canice Munroe, Graphic Design
Daren Duffie, Graphic Design, Screen Printing
Gerard Alison, Graphic Design, Screen Printing
Darian Dawkins, Advertising & Marketing, Graphic Design
N Carlos Jay, Muralist
Verneda Adele White, Apparel Designer
Self, Printmaking
Jamal Jordan, 2017
Steven Clunis, Graphic Design
Emmanuel Oni, 3D Design
Karyn Westbrooks, Photo/Video
Jazmine Hayes, Muralist
Angela Hill, Printmaker
Matthew Kenney, Coder
Elvin Santana, Apparel Designer
Jacqueline Martinez, Graphic Design
Rayshawn Levy
Shamroc Cook
Austin Kety
Stephanie Matthews
Mohammed Miah
Bryan Aucapina
Evan Hart
Aris Robles
Peter James
Markel Jordan
Racheal Barrett, Development
Vickie Casey
Lindsay McKenzie, Founding member
Jamal Jordan, Producer
Jordan Martins
Evelyn Tilney, Founding member
Alan Waxman, Founding member
Wendy W. Fok, Founding member
Alan Ai, Founding member
Jacqueline Nakanyike-Lugudde, Founding member
Stephanie Torres, Founding member
Qiana Lewis
Victoria Moore-Allen
Victor Green
Jacqueline Kennedy
Ronald Comeau
Daphne Lundi
Emma Osore
Kenyatta Mclean
Kethia Joseph
Our Board
Justin Garrett Moore
Executive Director, NYC Public Design Commission
Rasmia Kirmani-Frye
Consultant
Jerry Blaine
Chief Executive Officer, LDI Color ToolBox
Adenike Huggins
Senior Director, Education Policy and Advocacy, National Urban League
Mark Gardner
Principal, Jaklitsch / Gardner Architects
Contact Us
Have a question or need more information? We look forward to hearing from you!
Main: 718-513-1115
General Inquiries: info@youthdesigncenter.org