Trainee Tutors

A training program supporting young people to shadow a practitioner and teams who are doing great work in the arts engagement world.

Mali Elwy

Hello! I'm Mali Elwy and I'm a Welsh student at Bangor University. Recently I've had the pleasure of working as a trainee tutor in Pontio with the BLAS team. This is a brand new experience for me, and in my short time with the team, I’ve had the privilege of working on some very special projects. I love the way this team gives children and young people in the area a chance to get to grips with the world of arts from a young age, and the varied opportunities that BLAS offers them. They are so lucky to have a project like this in their area, and I feel very lucky to be a small part of it.

Marie-Pascale Onyeagoro-Okonkwor

My name is Marie-Pascale OnyeagoroOkonkwor. I studied MSc Clinical and Health Psychology at Bangor University. I worked with Bangor Blas for the first time as a trainee tutor on a book project by North Wales African Society. I decided to have some real experiences in the community and beyond the borders of Bangor before proceeding with a PhD. I believe the experiences will give me focused direction to a higher degree.

Working with Pontio Blas has expanded my horizons to explore more exciting grounds like writing monologues, formally learning Welsh, starting up a business, participating in art exhibitions and cultural activities, and many more contributions to the community. The best part is that my daughters who participated in the book project have started writing with amazing confidence, and hopefully, publishers will push their dreams to awesomeness.