Alumni Profiles

Class of 2024 Launching and Growing Entrepreneurship Ventures course required by Canisius, completing a digital marketing internship in Spain for a month in the summer 2022.

Robert Hoffman is an educator and broadcasting professional originally from Buffalo, NY. Mr. Hoffman earned his bachelors degree from the University at Buffalo in 2004 and his masters from The College at Brockport in 2015. He currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Communication Arts & Media at Concord University in Athens, WV.

Dr. Roxanne Danielle began her career with WNYMMP in 2010 as producer/reporter trainee with Carmadee.com while she was attending Erie Community college where she received an Associate of Arts Degree in general Studies. In 2012 Roxanne earned B.A. degree Buffalo state College in communications and theater. In 2013 she also received M.S. Degree in Multidisciplinary Studies from Buffalo State College.

I moved to Buffalo, New York in fall of 2017 from Houston, Texas to work with Michael Quinney and his organization. As a student studying communications, this was an important step closer to my career. I joined Western New York Media Professionals not only to get more familiar with multimedia, but also to pursue my dreams of becoming a television reporter. With the amazing love and support of my WNYMP family behind me, I am making my dreams a reality.

Buffalo native April Baskin is passionate about community development for social change. In 2015 April developed The College Simulation Experience which uses arts based experiential learning to increase college retention rates in low-income populations in Western New York . She is dedicated to using creative learning methods as a platform for equipping youth who are lacking in resources with the tools needed to fully take advantage of the advancing educational opportunities afforded to them.

Sufana Wajed is a native of Buffalo, NY and graduate of the State University of New York College at Buffalo. She attained a degree in Broadcasting and soon thereafter joined Buffalo’s ABC affiliate WKBW-TV as an engineer. During the 13 years of Sufana’s career at WKBW-TV she became a member of the Western New York Minority Media Professionals, Inc. as the secretary and then vice president. Over the years Sufana and members of the organization employed at several media outlets began to see the many biases of news reporting and decided to create a magazine style program called Up Front TV. This program highlighted the positive contributions of blacks, not only in Buffalo, NY, but across the country. With her many years of experience, Sufana began as a producer and then on to become a reporter and host for Up Front TV.

My name is Tyshaun D. Tyson, but I also go by the name “The Left-Handed Bandit”. I am an independent artist out of Buffalo, NY specializing in both traditional and urban art. I am proficient in multiple mediums of art including drawing, painting, print making and much more.