Hunter Romano

My name is Hunter. I am a YLab student at One Stone’s Lab 51. I have always loved art. Throughout my life, there are few times that I wasn’t creating something. It has always been one of my biggest passions. One Stone, however, has helped me learn to branch out and find new passions. The most recent of which was Model United Nations (MUN). Because of this, I decided that for my piece I would use art to show my MUN experience, a new passion captured through an old passion. It also aligns perfectly with my Why statement - connection through creation creation through connection - because I connected with people through MUN and created this piece to show that. To me, Being the Good means still being connected and an active community member, even through the current limitations. The piece Itself depicts the day of the MUN conference. In this conference, we were required to dress professionally(dress shirt, tie, and blazer). However, I decided that, as it was online and no one would see my bottom half, I would also be wearing pajama pants. This moment captures this fall term perfectly. Obviously I would never be able to wear pajama pants at an in-person conference, but because it was still offered virtually, I was able to participate and wear pajamas. This term has been a rollercoaster. But through the ups and downs One Stone and Lab 51 has flourished, not just as a “school” but as a community, an army of good for good. Even though there are a lot of limitations right now, there is always a way to connect and to create.