<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/stories/young-alum-amparo-merges-art-and-economics.html" dsn="news"><featured/><pubDate>08/04/2023</pubDate><title>Young Alum Startup Merges Art and Economics</title><description>Mark Marotta '21 launched Amparo in his senior year at F&amp;M, a web platform for emerging and established fine artists to display original paintings in a virtual stage setting.</description><author>Kim O'Brien</author><image><img src="/_resources/images/04-21%20Mark%20Marotta%2003%20dg.jpeg" alt="Mark Marotta '21 "/></image><tags><tag>Alumni</tag><tag>Art and Art History</tag><tag>Economics</tag><tag>English</tag><tag>Entrepreneurship</tag><tag>Phillips Museum of Art</tag></tags></item>