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PHOTO COURTESY OF NELSON BRITO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For as long as he can remember, Nelson Brito\u2019s life has revolved around art and the freedom it affords him.<\/span><\/p>\n

Through his passion, the New World School of the Arts<\/span><\/a> sophomore was awarded Taco Bell\u2019s $25,000 Live M<\/span><\/a><\/span>\u00e1<\/span>s scholarship<\/span><\/span> last summer. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBefore I received the scholarship, I didn\u2019t know how I was going to pay for my bachelor\u2019s degree,\u201d Brito said. \u201cThankfully, now I can continue to work with what I love.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

It was through Taco Bell\u2019s scholarship that his dream was given new life, simultaneously helping \u00a0him define his passion and develop a way where it can prosper.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI like to work with other people, help clients and keep working in my personal projects,\u201d Brito said. \u201cBeing a graphic designer is a stable job that does not restrict me on doing my own stuff.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The scholarship required Brito to submit a two-minute-long video that tells the story of the applicant\u2019s life\u2019s passion. <\/span><\/p>\n

In the video, Brito speaks fervently about his love for art. <\/span>
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\n<\/span>\u201cAs a kid, I loved to paint,\u201d he says, as some of his childhood artwork appears on the screen. \u201cIt was a unique way to express my words and thoughts into an image.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

While Brito\u2019s art mainly revolves around graphic design and digital painting, he also works on painting, drawing, video art, photography and stop-motion animation in his spare time.<\/span><\/p>\n

Brito\u2019s journey hasn\u2019t been easy. When he was a child, he endured multiple surgeries due to a cataract in his eye. By age four, surgical complications would leave his left eye blind. This has been a struggle, he said, affecting his ability to do graphic design. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBefore being a graphic designer, it\u2019s known that you don\u2019t simply start drawing digital on the computer, you have to learn to draw with paint and pen on paper,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen you draw live objects, it\u2019s harder for a person with only one working eye. You perceive the world differently.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

The surgeries also resulted in Brito\u2019s eye being sensitive to light, making it difficult for him to look at a computer screen. \u00a0Although the problem has gotten better, he still has to take breaks to keep from straining his eye.<\/span><\/p>\n

Brito emigrated to Miami from Cuba three years ago, when he was 16 to reunite with members of his family and to search for better opportunities to pursue art. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI think they saw what I have been through before and how I became an artist, and why I am still working,\u201d Brito said, when asked why he thought that he won the scholarship. \u201cI think it was because of my struggles in the past, and then what I am pursuing in the future. I want to become a creator.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The announcement was shocking to Brito. He had only applied for the $10,000 variant of the scholarship because he didn\u2019t think that he had a chance to receiving a larger amount. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHe decided that becoming blind in one eye wouldn\u2019t be a barrier for him and he wouldn\u2019t give up,\u201d said Brito\u2019s brother, Santiago. \u201cHe doesn\u2019t give up in anything he does. He just loves painting and expressing every idea that comes to his mind through art.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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