Humans of DV: Week 45

Kimberly Wiese: One or two years ago, I decided I wanted to try to go to the Olympics. I got into weightlifting a couple years before that. Originally, it was just my coach and me. In 2017, when I was roughly in the middle of sixth grade, my dad wanted me to not hurt myself [working out], so I went to a private weightlifting lesson with this coach on a Sunday morning at my gym. And then I just star...

Ayesha Parekh: “I started Belle Bling Jewelry because I am a huge jewelry fanatic. I started it during [2022] Valentine’s Day season in freshmen year. Jewelry can go with any outfit you plan; like a hoodie and sweats with hoops. Basically, jewelry either makes or breaks an outfit. I used to go to stores and look at their pieces, [thinking] ‘this is so expensive.’ I wanted to make my own jewelry afford...

Amrita “AJ” Julka: “I’ve been doing soccer for 13 years, and I’ve played defensive midfielder my whole soccer career.  I started when I was around 4 years old, when my mom put me in, and I’ve been playing ever since because I love it. It’s nice to be a part of a team and I like the competitiveness of it too. There’s several levels of soccer but the National Premier League (NPL) is t...

Hannah Love: “After giving birth, your world gets flipped upside down. I used to obsess over every minute of my lesson plan. I used to calculate, okay, so they're going to be doing a journal entry for five minutes and then we're going to have a discussion for eight minutes and then I'm going to bring us all together and we're gonna debrief for five minutes, but now none of that happens. I'm only ...