Artist Baylin Manusov has spent the past four years of her high school career being the “face” of Springside Chestnut Hill’s arts program, winning the annual Arts and New Media department distinction award twice. Outside of Springside Chestnut Hill Academy, Manusov, at seventeen years old, has been able to display her artwork at coffee shops, cafes, and galleries in the local Philadelphia area. On an even larger scale, Manusov won the Scholastic statewide competition, earning a gold key for one of her pieces. Now that her high school career ending, the big question is what will she do next?

For Manusov, becoming interested in art held a deep meaning. “I figured out that my mom was an artist from seeing her paintings. I just wanted to, like, pay homage to her in, like, my four year old’s brain,” she recalled.