Isabella Cho
OCSA Club President, Co-Founder

Isabella (Bella) Cho is co-founder and club president of her school chapter of Empowering Arts. She works with the president on pitching grants to corporate and private foundation sponsors, preparing budgets, and reaching out to current and potential partners at senior care facilities and children’s learning centers. She also designed and maintains EA’s website and social media account. She is a sophomore at the El-Erian Family Acting Conservatory at the Orange County School of the Arts (OCSA). Bella plays the flute, enjoys singing, painting, and acting. As a flutist, she has been consistently selected to be part of the All-Southern California Honor band in 2020, 2021, and 2022 and California All-State Honor Ensembles in 2023, 2024, and 2025. She was cast for “The Lost Ones” and “Dearly Departed,” both OCSA's Acting Conservatory productions. Her industry experience includes being a lead actor in the Cyberbullying: My Story, Blooming & Boundless Productions and playing a lead role for Dommei Backpack Product Commercial. She is also a published author of the fiction book titled Whispers of the Tides, available through Amazon.
Bella received a number of awards for her visual art and writing, including the following:
Visual Arts
2025: Scholastics Silver Key Award in painting
2025: Scholastics Honorable Mention Award in painting for three artworks
July 2024: Won two 2nd place awards in 2D Art for ages 13-15 in the OC Fair Fine Arts Competition
July 2024: Won Happy Village Award in the “2024 Korea Daily Student Art Contest” by The Korea Daily
July 2023: Won Blue Ribbon Award in 2D Art for ages 13-15 in the OC Fair Fine Arts Competition
Writing
2023: Demonstrated strong creative writing skills and storytelling abilities through the successful completion and publication of a fiction book “Whispers of the Tides”. https://a.co/d/bEbVgpW
2023: Scholastics Silver Key Award in writing, personal memoir
Music
2023, 2024, 2025: Selected to perform as flutist for CASMEC California Band Director’s Association (CBDA) honor band
2020, 2021, 2023: Performed as flutist for Southern California Band and Orchestra Association’s (SCSBOA) honor band