Kaiya Santos’s dream job is to work in graphics for the Boston Celtics.
The Northeastern student already has one very prominent Celtic in her corner — Jaylen Brown.
Santos recently won a contest to design a basketball court being renovated by the NBA star in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood.
“He made sure we talked for a few minutes and got pictures together,” Santos says of the Celtics’ star guard. “He said he was proud, which made me happy.”
Santos, 20, is a studio art major in Northeastern’s College of Arts, Media and Design. She is also a big basketball fan. So, when a friend sent an advertisement on Tiktok for the “Get In The Paint” contest sponsored by the city of Boston, Brown and Red Bull, Santos saw an opportunity to combine two of her interests.
