YAA Alum, Mateo Ferro with Artistic Director and Co-Founder of YAA, Rolando Sanz

YAA Alum, Mateo Ferro with Artistic Director and Co-Founder of YAA, Rolando Sanz

On the first day of our first session of Summer Performing Arts Intensives, we thought it would fitting to share some wonderful news about an alum to the program, Mateo Ferro!

This week our Artistic Director and Co-Founder, Rolando Sanz, saw Mateo on stage in New York City alongside his cast mates including Helen Hunt, Christopher Jackson, Javier Munoz, and Andrea Burns in Encores! Off Center presentation of Working: The Musical at New York City Center.

The cast of Working: The Musical including YAA alum, Mateo Ferro and award-winning actors like Helen Hunt.

The cast of Working: The Musical including YAA alum, Mateo Ferro and award-winning actors like Helen Hunt.

This is the most recent in a step of incredible professional roles he’s landed since our summer program in 2017, beginning with Kennedy Center’s production of In the Heights. We are so proud of Mateo and the accomplishment of his dreams!