Casaza, an online platform for the home by Drew and Jonathan Scott from HGTV’s hit show Property Brothers, gave the Interior Design students at Nassau Community College the opportunity of a lifetime! These lucky students had a chance to show off their talent in a design competition to win an internship this summer with Drew and Jonathan Scott as well as national exposure on Casaza.com.
Nassau Community College announces that the winner of the design competition is Raquel Montolio, a second year student from Massapequa, NY. The runners up are Alvaro Perez from Hicksville, NY and Louise Wilson from Mineola, NY. “I deeply support the mission of Casaza to bring design to a wider audience. This has been an amazing learning opportunity for me and my fellow classmates,” said Raquel Montolio. The internship is awarded to Raquel but all three students will have a designer profile page and their rooms virtually staged on Casaza.com. Raquel, Alvaro and Louise will be in great company, as their work will be featured alongside Drew, Jonathan and dozens of industry-leading designers who regularly curate content for Casaza.
This competition gave Nassau Community College Interior Design students a chance to demonstrate their design skills and fresh ideas by creating a “mood board” — a picture collage of a room with furniture items — using products available on the Casaza website. In addition, students were asked to submit a short summary about themselves, what they plan to do after graduation and why they should win the competition. Each submission was personally reviewed by Drew and Jonathan, who selected the winners. “We were enormously impressed by the talent and creativity of the students from Nassau Community College’s Interior Design Program,” said Jonathan Scott. “We are thrilled to welcome our new intern Raquel Montolio to the Casaza team,” added Drew Scott.
The Interior Design Program at Nassau Community College provides students with a broad-based, hands-on education geared towards obtaining employment in the field of interior design. Emphasis is placed on developing conceptual, technical, and communication skills and building industry relationships. “We are grateful to the Scott brothers and the Casaza team for the opportunity our students had to participate in the design competition to showcase their talents,” said Dr. Jerry Kornbluth, Dean, Business & Professional Studies.
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