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Ali Shama, who used to paint graffiti, now runs technology department at Kennedy H.S.
Ex-Graffiti Artist Shows Bronx H.S. Students How To Tag With Technology
When Ali Shama was a teenager in the 1980s, he never imagined that he’d one day help reform a troubled high school.
Back then, Shama spray-painted subway cars and signed them with his tag, EON.
“Graffiti consumed me,” Shama said. “It got me into trouble. I didn’t do very well in school.”
Now, 25 years later, he’s an assistant principal at Kennedy High School in the Bronx, keeping kids engaged through technology and computer arts.
He’s the creative force behind its new digital communication technology program that included digital music production, digital photography, Web design and desktop publishing.
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