Humans of DV: Week 30

Justin Chan: “I use art and photography as an expressive outlet because it’s something I know how to utilize. Visualizing my current emotions and my feelings pertaining to different subject matters through art and creative photography is something that I love to do, to be able to tell the world about myself and my views whether they care or not. Though oftentimes I express myself through art s...

Shravya Manu: “I started dancing when I was really young, maybe when I was two or three years old. It was a Bollywood dance class, and I remember looking forward to going to the classes. From there, I started learning more styles of dance, such as Bharatanatyam. Bharatanatyam is a classical Indian dance that shows stories about Indian mythology. I’ve continued to learn Bharatanatyam, and I think it...

Rachie Yim: “As a young child, I never liked the idea of doing sports or even doing the basic exercises like running and walking. I was short and skinny and didn’t find liking to any of the sports that surrounded me. I dug myself into the arts of music, like piano and violin which helped me explore and expand upon the different genres and layers of music. However, as a child, I watched an over...

Gayathri Pillai: “People always think that when you are starting a nonprofit organization in high school, that it’s most likely another filler for college resumes, and that you wouldn’t continue it after graduation. But for me and my friend, we really just wanted to start a nonprofit that would make a change regardless if the impact is big or small. The goal was always to provide for those i...