How did your interest in dance come about? My dad was a police officer and a DJ on the side. He passed away from a fatal car accident when I was a year old. When my mom was pregnant with me, he put his headset around my mother’s stomach and I would respond to it. […]
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The Work. The Life. The Balance. with Stephanie Rodriguez, Sr. Research Assoc. Scientist
What kind of work do you do? My job title is Senior Research Associate Scientist. I work for a biotech startup company called Arbor Biotechnologies. We’re a gene editing company that focuses on creating genetic medicines to help patients that have rare genetic diseases. So typically these diseases are inherited into the person so we […]
The Work. The Life. The Balance. with Esmerdis Dixon, Professional Model & Minister
How did you get into modeling? I’m from the Dominican Republic. When I was a teenager, a lot of people would tell me that I should do modeling because I was very skinny and tall. I was not really interested because I was really shy. But my mom was excited about it. She was the […]
The Work. The Life. The Balance. with Ballet Dancer, Aneriz de Rezende Re
What inspired you to become a professional ballerina? I don’t really remember or have an exact answer for that but my mom says that since I was a very young kid, 2 y/o, I said I wanted to do ballet and I never stopped since then!! I also watched a lot of the Barbie movies, […]



