Humans of DV: Week 8
Ritika Sabharwal, Aditi Praveen, Mahika Arya, Amrita Himmatraopet, and Daniela Wise-Rojas
This week on Humans of DV: an adventurous airplane pilot, a passionate classical Indian dancer, a Disney princess-turned-DV chemistry teacher and a dedicated volleyball player. Stay tuned every Saturday for a new installation of this feature and make sure to catch last week’s profiles here if you missed them.
“I’m free to see a whole new perspective.”
Ashwat Chidambaram “Ever since I was a child, I’ve always loved aviation. It started off with paper and remote control airplanes. When I came to high school, I found out that I was old enough to fly, so I started to fly before I even knew how to drive. Nothing really inspired me to get into aerospace; I just liked aviation. I started my pilot license around sophomore year and I’ve been flying ...
“It gave me this sense of thankfulness.”
Pranjal Verma "Bharatanatyam is a Indian classical dance and I’ve been doing it since I was 4 years old, and it’s taught me so much. I actually didn’t even like dancing until my seventh year of dance, which is obviously not a good thing. But the routine of it taught me to persevere and take hits, because it’s not easy, you know, getting up every Sunday morning at 8 and dancing for two to th...
“I learned to own the things that I love.”
Mrs. Alicia Kerr “Most people do not know that I used to be a performer for children’s birthday parties. It was about six or seven years ago. My husband and I were saving for a house … and for a wedding. My friend sent me an ad for being a princess and I realized this is actually a really good job. So, I ended up applying and I sent in my application and a headshot … I had a Skype interview … a...
“When I finally tried volleyball, I really felt like it was something I’d want to pursue.”
Malia Shaghasi “My mom had always loved this sport when she was little, and she wouldn't let me try any other sport except volleyball or basketball, and I always saw these volleyball games [on TV] and I just always wanted to play, so I finally did it, and my mom was really excited but I felt like I was doing it more for myself than her, and I tried out, and fell in love with it … I have bruise...
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