Meet Bleu

Bleu Santiago is an “artivist, teaching artist, and sometimes-social media-ist” with Girl Be Heard. She not only auditioned for and completed Sunday Workshops—Girl Be Heard’s original theatre program, which provides a welcoming space for girls from all over NYC to come together and grow as both artists and activists—but also became a part of the collective’s touring company, which travels nationally and internationally to connect Girl Be Heard members with other communities and share their work as part of a global movement.

She has also had the opportunity to do outreach work as both a performer and a teaching artist in the company’s education program, where artistic skills (improv, stepping, spoken word, dancing, etc.) are used to educate girls on issues affecting other girls around the world and inspire them as artists and leaders. She has also gone overseas to Geneva and Trinidad & Tobago to continue her outreach as part of the Girl Be Heard collective. Bleu is excited to start her second year as a TA and continue to lend a hand in the empowerment of girls.