Humans of DV: Week 8

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 ...

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...

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...

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...