Aster Sutton comes from a large family having 12 siblings Of various ethnicities and backgrounds. They have been immersed in music and diversity from a very young age. As a child they remember taking piano lessons having some African drumming in elementary school. There were a lot of long car trips where their mom would play 60s and 70s music or or they would listen to an audiobooks. In middle school they played in the concert band and sang in the chorus. Aster attended Is franklin county tactical school where they helped start the school’s band and they have fond memories of the late Mr Maloney, who taught Aster everything he knew. They started off playing the flute, then learned piano, trumpet, alto sax, tuba, guitar, and they even learned to learned to play the cymbals. They started the school's marching band and were blessed to have access to any instrument that they wanted to learn. Aster even played for their own high school graduation. Aster had lost touch with their love of playing music  for for a great number of years when they lost access to instruments. 

Aster is also a dancer - they started as a young adult taking hip-hop classes  and in their late 20s they started  taking African Caribbean dance classes.Last year  I joined QJC and Aster is so excited for what's to come!

Besides having quite a musical background Aster brings a lot of experience to the table, and jumped at the opportunity to join the QJC Board. As a youth of Community Action Youth Programs, they were the outreach pure leader and helped facilitate a lot of the Queer, Trans, and other programs at Community Action. They helped develop many spreadsheets to do reporting and even did event planning for Community Action Youth Programs. After aging out of youth programs Aster joined the board of Community Action and they are still serving on that board to this day. Aster is excited to be on the board and is looking forward to sharpening their skills to help out this amazing organization. Aster is also a leader of the QJC Accessibility committee.