courtney smith, melissa lodhi, leah verier-dunn, cathy nicoli, christal brown, leymis bolanos wilmott, david dorfman, third rail projects, melissa riker

running with eyes closed through winding woods. internalized rhythms of ocean waves. salt and sweat. loss. a family playing, working, and growing outdoors. storytelling. sketching. speaking.

kathleen hermesdorf, karl rogers, animals, anouk van dijk, doug varone, cortney andrews, shonach mirk robles, rennie harris, josé limón, rosie herrera, peeping tom, dv8, sherry rightmire, j.r.r. tolkien, lizzo, dark realistic fiction, graphite portraits

to connect people and their voices. to create safe spaces to challenge the perceptions of what is and what could be. to facilitate movement. to cherish all we have met within ourselves and unleash what we have yet to find.

Stephen Petronio, Jillian Hopper, Robin Wilson, Shannon Gillen, Amy West, Judy Rice, Amy Chavasse, Peter Sparling, Penny Godboldo, Biza Sompa, Christian Matijas-Mecca, Gail Corbin, Jennifer Hazen, Gail Micca, Linda Presnyakova

staring up at the trees, the Filipinx diaspora, basketball, long distance family, friends that become home. eating too much and laughing too hard. long winters, long walks, loud music in headphones, sibling rivalry. hugs, rice, pan de sal, books, sun spots.

the humans I dance with daily, vim vigor, Keone and Mari Madrid, Dorrance Dance, Kidd Pivot, Sue Bird, NPR's tiny desk performances, Silver Lens Gallery, LAJAMARTIN, Kizuna Dance, may 1st, Japanese Breakfast, Renaissance, Ruby Ibarra, ultima vez, Kyle Abraham

to amplify the parts of myself that are otherwise hard to access. to connect and to love. to challenge what i thought was impossible. to feel alive.

David Dorfman, Kendra Portier, Nicole Stanton, Bill T. Jones, Doug Elkins, Maya Angelou

This might seem cliche, but I'm drawn to superheroes; their hope, tenacity, strength, and power of will reflect the greatest of human potential. Additionally, I appreciate and revere history, both ancestral and societal, and covet science. Oceans and large bodies of water as well as fire are aspects of nature I draw inspiration and knowledge from.

My dad, Ballet, Classical music and ballads, Equity, Kids, Anatomy, Sunsets, Life long partnerships

I've never been very good with speaking words that convey my intentions, necessities, and desires. Both innate and learned understandings of the body have more aptly fit. I like to sweat, I like to exert energy, I like to be physically exhausted, I like to artistically connect through movement, and I like things that aren't precisely spelled out but leave room for interpretation. I enjoy physical communication and embodied knowledge. I enjoy a body's history and I understand people more through movement, through body language, and through what's left unsaid. I revere limitations and figuring out how to work through them. There is so much left to be discovered about humans and their bodies and that scares me, but more importantly that gives me hope.