Antonio Wooten
Industrial Design & Entrepreneur
Personal: Portfolio | LinkedIn | Instagram | Twitter
Company: Website | Instagram | Twitter
Cincinnati, OH
Being from the Midwest and growing up black Antonio has been conditioned to be acutely aware of how race, social class, and social status both intersect and segregate people groups. His upbringing is a large part of who he is today and why he cares about his work. Antonio recognizes a large need for reform and civic action within underrepresented communities. He personally sees great potential to be a force for progress within the private and public sectors.
In his time as a college student and living away from home, Antonio has seen the word community has taken on a more dynamic meaning. Antonio’s greatest shift in perspective, around community, came through a summer fellowship opportunity called Encounter Philadelphia. He spent 2 months of my summer living in an intentional community with 7 other students. In that time, they were challenged to understand their roles and responsibilities within the world as leaders. As a digital intern at the Obama Foundation's office in Chicago, Antonio was tasked with producing cutting-edge digital content to amplify the Foundation’s programming on a variety of media platforms.
