We began operating TechKno Camp as a Summer Youth program back in 2012 at The Light House Youth Center on the South Side of Chicago. This collaborative effort allowed 16 creative youth to learn the basic fundamentals of shooting a short film they titled Black Beauty. The students wrote, produced and directed a 3 camera shoot, all within two weeks, operating every aspect of video production. 

The following summer we collaborated with The Light House Youth Center again to instruct the same participants on how to produce and perform their very own music video to accompany the short film of the previous year "Black Beauty". After a Songwriting Class, administered on-line by Canadian songwriter Melissa Endean, 21 students worked tirelessly to come up with a combination of Spoken Word, Rap and Anthem lyrics. The intended theme of the lyrics are purposely connected to the "Black Beauty" short film written and directed by former classmates of TechKno Camp 2012. The theme and lyrics of I'm So Awesome are 100% conceptualized, written and produced by the students, in their own words, with guidance from the instructors.

The self-affirming music video (below) is their statement of being.