Decades ago, Trisha Oakland took acting classes at the Sherbino Theater. She was an elementary school student at the time, growing up in Ridgway.

Now, as the director of programs for the theater and Weehawken Creative Arts Centers since 2016, she provides the same opportunities and more for not only local children, but learners of all ages. And it’s fulfilling for her to have her own daughter participating in arts programs she helps organize, just as she did when she was growing up in Ridgw...