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Gabriel-Bello Lawrence-Diaz is the new executive director of Coyote Central, a non-profit art program for youth in Seattle. He was hired this summer after Co-founder and former Program Director Marybeth Satterlee and Executive Director Claudia Stelle retired. Coyote Central has two locations, 2300 E. Cherry St. and 12325 Lake City Way N.E. Answers have been edited for grammar and clarity. Q: Who is Gabriel-Bello LawrenceDiaz? A: I am a Puerto Rican (Boriken) education activist, community organizer and artist. Q: Where did you grow up and go to school? And what brought you to Seattle? A: Born in Hendon, London, England, moved to Raleigh, North Carolina, then to Camden, New Jersey, and finally to Pennsauken New Jersey where I graduated high school. Completed my undergraduate degree in Boston, Massachusetts, at Wentworth Institute of Technology for a Bachelor of Science with a minor in Art and Architecture and History. After moving to Europe, I went to the University of East London for a Masters in Architecture and Urbanism. Then (I) moved to Barcelona, Spain to go to the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) for a second Masters in Advanced Architecture focused on robotic engineering. What brought me to Seattle was to move back to America and be closer to my father who has lived in Washington
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Photo by Laura Marie Rivera Gabriel-Bello Lawrence-Diaz, new executive director of Coyote Central, laughs with former Program Director and Co-Founder Marybeth Satterlee outside Coyote Central, 2300 E. Cherry St., Seattle.
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