Humans of DV: Week 31

Eesha Challa: “I first started dancing when I was eight years old and I got into it because I watched other people dance and I thought it was really cool. Dance always served as a reminder for me to be relaxed and have fun while still being artistic and expressing myself in my own way. Although the jewelry and clothing can be quite uncomfortable sometimes, doing routines, watching other people dance,...

Rani Vakharia: “I’ve been doing Speech and Debate for about 4 years and it’s changed me as a person. I learned to be more confident and how to effectively convey my arguments as a whole. Over the period of 4 years, I went from someone who sought validation from others and needed to be “perfect” or “liked” to someone who became happy with who I am, not needed validation from anyone else...

Arpitha Mamidi: Well I watched my sister play volleyball for like a year and a half in high school and that kind of got me playing as well. But I started to get really serious about November of 2018 and that’s just because of everything I was going through personally in 6th grade. I remember feeling really weak because I didn’t know how to deal with the things in my life, but volleyball became my e...

Rhea Shetti: “I started to run in fourth grade during PE with my friends. Once we got to middle school, we got more serious about it and one of my friends asked me if I wanted to join this track and cross country Junior Olympics team, so we joined that. In the beginning, it was difficult because everyone was already so fast and really good at running. But as soon as I started improving, it became...