Axum Nickerson is a 10th grade student at Drew Charter School. He's a member of the Urban Youth Harp Ensemble. He started playing harp in 6th grade, and has been playing for 5 years. Axum has performed for a State of the City breakfast, performed at a school-wide TEDx talk, and has written a piece for his ensemble to play. In addition to harp, He participates in many extracurricular activities, including martial arts, boy scouts, and a leadership organization called Jack and Jill. Also, Axum enjoys watching shows and playing recreational sports, and hopes to be an engineer.