Outside of school, I do Pacific Islander Dancing. To be Specific, Chamorro Dancing. This dance originated from Guam, a part of Micronesia. I started dancing when I was five. On the top, you'll see an old picture of me and my cousins before a performance. (I'm the one with the pink slippers and smiling awkwardly at the camera). In this photo, I was dancing in a group called Uno Hit. Uno Hit also collaborated with another Chamorro Dance group called Kutturan Chamoru Foundation. I then left the groups when my late Auntie Cira's Dance Group, Irensia, started holding practices. Ever since COVID-19, the directors of my group stopped practices and would move some of the dancers to this hula dance group. But hula wasn't apart of our culture. Now, I started dancing in this group called Imåhen Taotao Tåno’. This group has been around for years and they do more cultural dances and chants and I feel more connected to my culture.
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I also like to serve and volunteer and my Church, The Rock Church. I always help set up chairs and snacks for my youth group. I love helping out because I always feel like I'm doing something to make someone's day better and easier. It can get a little complicated when setting up and hard to move things around, but it's really fun setting up. My church is also right next to my school, and I would walk towards my church every Wednesday, after school, to help set up for Youth Wednesday Nights.
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