North Campus Student Wins $1,000 Civic Engagement Grant

Ivette Gómez, an 18-year-old freshman in the Honors College at North Campus, was awarded a $1,000 civic engagement mini-grant by Project Pericles.

The award will fund Project ARTivism, an exhibition featuring political art.

“There [are] people who need to make sure that their voice is being heard,” Gomez said. “I want them to not be afraid of politics.”

Project ARTivism will unfold in three phases: an exhibition, a summer contest for students’ political art submissions with monetary prizes and a discussion panel with guest speakers.

The first phase is scheduled to run April 21-25 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at North Campus, 11380 N.W. 27th Ave., Room 3238.

Gómez, who is also staff writer for The Reporter, is expected to graduate from Miami Dade College in 2026 with an associate’s degree in political science. She aspires to work as a special rapporteur for the United Nations.