Meet Your Team!
J.Cottle B.A, M.Ed, (He, Him, His) is the Founder/Executive Director of Dunamis- a “Modeling Equity Organization” designee from the City of Boston in recognition of its commitment to achieving equity in the arts.
He is The Chief Alchemist of Akeem’s Alchemy, Music Director of the band Petrichor and a Co-Host of the Playblack podcast.
He is a 2019 National Arts Strategies Creative Community Fellow, a 2024 Studios at MASS MoCA Artist-in-Residence and received the 2022 Vanguard Award from the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts.
As an educator, artist, producer, and consultant, J's work centers people of color and explores the intersections of social justice, transformative growth, healing, joy and queer fantasy.
Jasmine Garcia (She, Her, Hers) is a singer, arts-manager, and advocate for self-empowerment through the arts. A graduate of the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts with a degree in Arts Management and Sociology, Jasmine previously served as the Associate Teen Programs Manager at the Boch Center. She has performed at the iconic Feinstein's 54 Below as a cast member of This is Treatment, as well as at the Oberon as part of the cast of The Haunt. She continues to perform with her band Petrichor where she is a featured vocalist. Throughout her work, Jasmine seeks to integrate sociology, arts management and performance towards igniting agency, finding identity and making connections through curiosity.
Neo Gcabo (She, Her, Hers) is an R&B, Jazz & Neo-Soul vocalist from Pretoria, South Africa, and the Director of Marketing and Community Development at Dunamis Inc. She has toured internationally with the University of Pretoria Youth Choir and has performed with Grammy Award–winning artists Esperanza Spalding and John Oates. She has been a featured vocalist with the Silver Arrow Band since 2017 and toured with the Brown Box Theatre as a performer in 2019. Neo has performed alongside artists such as Lisa Oduor-Noah, Wambura Mitaru, Marcus Prince in addition to Skybridge, a band for social justice led by Utako Toyama. As a manager, Neo has worked at La Roque MGMT, a boutique artist management company and subsequently managed Tim Reynolds: a young violinist, singer, composer, arranger from Rome, Georgia. Neo is currently a voice and piano instructor at the Onset School of Music.