Firehouse Radio

Brittany joined ZUMIX in 2014 and led ZUMIX Radio to its launch on the airwaves at 94.9FM.  She loves working alongside the film, audio and radio creators at ZUMIX, and witnessing the freedom young people find in their art. As a LocaloreLIVE and NEFA Creative City grantee, Brittany designed the collaborative narrative project Constelación de Historias –– a live storytelling event series and letter writing project documenting neighbors' work for housing stability in East Boston. The project won an impact award from the New England Foundation for the Arts in 2018.  Brittany serves on the advisory board for The Center for Cooperative Development and Solidarity, an Eastie-based collective building economic power through cooperatives. Her spirit instrument is a saxophone, and in real life, she plays piano.

Rene Dongo, Radio Station Manager, joined ZUMIX in 2017. As a filmmaker, media maker and teaching artist, he has found the intersection of community and youth arts education to be a pivotal step to helping young people grow and find their voice in the communities where they live and learn. At ZUMIX, he works to support community and youth-produced radio programming. Outside of ZUMIX, Rene has worked as a teaching artist for the Institute of Contemporary Art / Boston and The Urbano Project. His first teaching artist project focused on crafting radio pieces centered on spoken word poetry inspired by the community of Egleston Square. He is a graduate of Emerson College and continues creating work inspired by community perspectives and personal storytelling.