Julia's 6th Visit to BGCP

After my sixth visit, I can definitely say that I’m attached to the kids in my dance class at the Boys and Girls Club of the Peninsula. The kids I teach at the East Palo Alto location were not super receptive to learning about dance at first. But, as my visits went on, I noticed that they became much more open. They grew a lot more comfortable with me (I am now greeted with big hugs and smiles when I walk onto the patio) and I definitely grew super attached to them. As the kids became more comfortable with me, they also became more open to learning the simple dance moves that I taught them. It’s really cool to see how open and excited the kids are to dance. Even the kids who weren’t necessarily the most excited initially, are now genuinely much more excited when I teach a new dance or when I let them choreograph their own little dance. They get super excited when I let them pick the songs we dance to which is really fun to see. A lot of these kids are actually very naturally talented dancers -- more talented than me when I first started. It just makes me realize how fortunate I was to have a parents that were able to support my endeavors in dance because not everyone is lucky enough to be able to pursue an interest in the arts. I’m grateful for the connections that I have made with the kids, and I’m really excited to continue working with the kids at the Boys and Girls Club beyond my PACT project.