Katherine Luciano Born to a Puerto Rican mother and a Dominican father, Katherine is a 17-year-old senior at The Cinema School. She has five brothers and currently lives in Washington Heights. Born and raised in New York, she will be the first in her family to fully graduate high school. She has a devoted interest in writing, specifically screenwriting, and wishes to pursue a career in the film industry as a writer. She has retained top academic ranking in her high school class for the past three years.