Karla Mendieta and Quinn HegartyProgram Hosts

Karla Mendieta,  Age 17, lives in Holyoke where she is a senior at Holyoke High School. She has been passionate about singing ever since she was 6 years old, and loves acting and dancing. Karla also loves going to local shows to see local bands! She is a member of the Madrigal Choir, an a cappella group, and the secretary of her senior classes' student government. She plans to attend college at Holyoke Community College for 2 years and then transfer to Emerson College where she'll study Broadcast Journalism and Marketing Communications. Her goal is to become an entertainment reporter!

 

Quinn Hegarty, Age 17, lives in East Longmeadow and is a junior at The MacDuffie School in Springfield. He has been a student, actor, and sometimes playwright at the Drama Studio in Springfield for nine years, and acts in local and school theater. He is also a member of his school's newspaper, The Magnet, and MacApella, a student-run a cappella group. While not busy with schoolwork, his interests include comedy improv, musical theater, painting, running, and cooking. Quinn hopes to study writing, theater or "some other right-brained pursuit" in college.