De’Shaun Fortune

ARTS2WORK APPRENTICE - JUNIOR DESIGNER

Born and raised in Baltimore, De’Shaun Fortune has lived and breathed graphic design since age 12. He began studying design in the 7th grade at Baltimore Design School and joined their graphic design track sophomore year of high school. It was that same year that former media instructor, Becky Slogeris, visited his class and recruited him for Wide Angle’s after school design program. De’Shaun participated in every year of programs between then and graduation in 2019, where he became one of Wide Angle’s first design interns, then eventually our first Arts2Work Apprentice, and now our first graphic design journeyworker as a full time Junior Designer at WAYM. His ultimate goal is to work in the video game industry and graphic design has been an important step on that path.