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Z<\/span>ion Ota\u00f1o (’18) was recently honored by ACT-SO (the Academic, Cultural, Technological, and Scientific Olympics) for his art piece entitled Ashay<\/em>, which Zion says is a West African, Yoruba word meaning, ‘to be with us.'”\u00a0 Zion further explains that the piece is a handmade coffin filled with 241 individual clay faces that correspond to the 241 African-Americans shot and killed by police in America in 2020.<\/p>\n <\/em>The detail and thoughtfulness of the piece belie Zion’s 15 years of age by winning both the Regional and<\/em> the National Gold medals.\u00a0 Due to Covid, the national convention required everyone to present their pieces online (see the video below of Zion’s presentation at the national convention where he explains the work in detail).\u00a0 His prizes include a $2,000 scholarship, an IPAD Pro, and an <\/span>Apple<\/span> w<\/span>atch<\/span>!<\/span><\/p>\n Zion aspires to be a lawyer and is about to begin his sophomore year at Harvard-Westlake. Congratulations, Zion!<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_video src=”https:\/\/vimeo.com\/577384725″ play_icon_color=”#7dad40″ use_icon_font_size=”on” icon_font_size=”101px” _builder_version=”4.9.7″][\/et_pb_video][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/losencinosschool.org\/alumni-page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/act-so-pic2.jpg” alt=”Ashay art piece by Zion Otano” title_text=”Ashay art piece by Zion Otano” _builder_version=”4.9.7″ _module_preset=”default”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_video play_icon_color=”#7dad40″ use_icon_font_size=”on” icon_font_size=”101px” _builder_version=”4.9.7″][\/et_pb_video][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.7″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”14px”]<\/p>\n Ashay<\/em> (above) is approximately 5″ deep and 15″ long.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/losencinosschool.org\/alumni-page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/6th-grade-zion.jpg” alt=”Zion Otano in 6th grade at Los Encnos School” title_text=”Zion Otano in 6th grade at Los Encinos School.” align_tablet=”center” align_phone=”” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”4.9.7″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/losencinosschool.org\/alumni-page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/6th-grade-zion2.jpg” alt=”Zion in 5th grade at Los Encinos School.” title_text=”Zion in 5th Grade at Los Encinos School.” align_tablet=”center” align_phone=”” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”4.9.7″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/losencinosschool.org\/alumni-page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/K-grade-zion.jpg” alt=”Zion in kindergarten at Los Encinos School 2012-2013″ title_text=”Zion in kindergarten at Los Encinos School 2012-2013″ align_tablet=”center” align_phone=”” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”4.9.7″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.7″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”14px”]<\/p>\n The black-and-white thumbnail photos above are from Zion’s years at Los Encinos School. 6th grade is on the top, then 5th grade, then kindergarten. 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