Humans of DV: Week 48

Nova Starling: "In fourth or fifth grade, my parents signed me up for a sewing lesson. I did that for one or two summers, and then that was about it. I didn't really sew a whole lot back then. But then my mom gave me a new sewing machine at one point, and then COVID hit, so I had a lot more free time. From there, I started actually sewing a whole ton more. I'm dressed up as Edelgard von Hresvelg fr...

Sanvi Gupta: “I started water polo before COVID and I joined a club [when] I was eight or nine and then I stopped during COVID and I joined the school team this year. I was already a swimmer and so that component of swimming, but also ball handling and stuff like that just drew me in.  Also my mom’s colleague's son was playing water polo and [he] kind of inspired me. I really looked up to hi...

Neela Vani: “It was sixth or seventh grade, when I finally realized that my iPad had an app on it called GarageBand. I got really into music by seventh or eighth grade, especially as I started taking choir and piano lessons, where I worked towards goals like the piano exams from Certificate of Merit. By the time I got to high school, choir started becoming a bit more advanced and so did piano. Bo...