Grace Churchill
Grace was born in Madison, WI and is entering her Freshman year of college. Outside of this job, she does Tae Kwon Do and sailing. This summer she has learned about organization, productivity, efficiency, focus, and prioritizing. This summer Grace has learned more about being a professional and leadership. She learned how to work alongside a bunch of other people while maintaining a functioning, positive, efficient workspace. She has taken advantage of the opportunities around her and broken out of her comfort zone and tried many new things keeping an open mind regardless of previous impressions or biases. In the future, Grace plans on going into hotel administration, possibly coordinating events. This summer has given her experience coordinating and working to make each clients experience better.
Lydia Lewis
Lydia was born in Boston, MA and is entering her Junior year of high school. Outside of MetaMovements she is a ballet dancer. This summer has made her more outgoing, better at networking, and has taught her many different types of dance. She is thinking about a career in neuroscience and dancing. This summer has been beneficial to this long-term goal by encouraging organization. She has also learned more about dancing professionally and how dance can bring people together.
Leticia Basquez
Leticia was born in Sacramento, CA and is entering her Junior year of high school. Outside of MetaMovements she does baton twirling and Reggeaton. This summer has taught her how to be time efficient, and skills in dealing with all types of people - no matter how difficult. She has learned to be more organized and has had a lot of experience meeting new people and networking. In the future, she wants to become a nurse practitioner. This summer has taught her how to be accountable, good with numbers, and more experienced in customer relations.
Marek Manning
Marek was born in Nova Scotia, Canada and is entering her sophomore year of high school. Outside of MetaMovements, he plays basketball and soccer. This summer he has gained a lot of experience in video editing and production. He has learned about social networking and has learned how to work with different people. He has successfully managed to send a message through video. He wants to become either a filmmaker or a bellhop in the future. This summer has been beneficial to both of these goals because he has learned about film-making and he has learned with difficult people and difficult problems.
Jaya Aiyer
Jaya was born in Boston and she is entering her Sophomore year of High School. Outside of MetaMovements she does Indian Classical Dance - Bharatanatyam Style. This summer she enjoyed learning different styles of dance with interesting people. She learned a lot about technology and how it is useful in public relations and marketing and this experience helped her manage time better and learn many different styles of dance. In the future she wants to become a professional dancer, and this summer taught her many different styles of dance and more about managing her future dance career.
Bianca Charles
Bianca was born in Cambridge, MA and she is entering her Sophomore year of high school. Outside of Metamovements she does ballet, tap, jazz, hip-hop and lyrical. This summer she has learned many different styles of dance and sign language. She has overcome obstacles, and had the opportunity to become better at communication and a more confident learner. This job has helped her work with and get along with all types of people improving her interpersonal skills which will help her in her future goal of going to and excelling in college.
Francois Noel
Francois was born in Port Au Prince, Haiti and is entering his Senior year of high school. Outside of this job, he does many different styles of dance, including Hip-Hop, Modern, Ballet, Jazz, Tap, West African, and many others. This summer he has learned many new dance styles that he can incorporate in other dance styles. He has learned how to break down moves in simple ways and become better at teaching dance. He has learned more about punctuality and accountability and he has achieved his goal of serving the community this summer. He wants to become famous and this summer has helped him get there by improving his skills to a point where that future is foreseeable.
Raksmey Chhimdara
Raksmey was born in Lowell, MA and is entering his Junior year of high school. Outside of this job he mainly does Hip-Hop. He has improved at salsa and other types of dance and become more outgoing. He is excited about the event and has been inspired him to do a Salsa In The Park in Cambridge. He wants to become an engineer and open a dance studio. He has gained a lot of experience teaching dance, and marketing which are skills that are essential in opening a dance studio. He also has become really good with numbers and organized which will help him be successful as an engineer.
Johanna Paredes
Johanna was born in Colombia and is entering her Junior year of high school. Outside of MetaMovements she mainly dances Salsa. She has improved in dancing and learned many different styles this summer. She has become more outgoing and is more able to be personable. In the future Johanna would like to be a dancer, actress, cop or nurse. She has learned many styles of dance which would help her become a dancer. She has learned more about stage presence which is beneficial to a career as an actress. The discipline she learned at this job will help her as a cop and having become more outgoing, organized and accountable will help her become a nurse.
Metea McEnroe
Metea was born in Cambridge, MA and is entering her Junior year of high school. Outside of MetaMovements she does Hip-Hop. She has enjoyed learning many different styles of dance this summer. This job has given her amazing opportunities to connect with people and improve her communication so the social aspect comes easier to her. In the future she wants to go into international affairs and relations. This summer has been excellent for this goal because it has given her the opportunity to speak and communicate in Spanish as well as learn about time management.