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1. March madness and music festival season is in full swing – How does it feel to be the raver mag girl
to kick that off?

Amazing! I feel so honored to have been given such a huge opportunity to not only appear in RAVER Magazine, but to
appear at such a crucial time of year. Being able to showcase something that I’ve spent so much time learning is extremely
exciting and has been so much fun!

2. How did you start getting into hula-hooping?

About one year ago, my brother’s girlfriend showed
me a hooping video that a mutual friend of ours had
made. In a matter of seconds, my jaw literally dropped
and I found myself overwhelmed with excitement and
intrigue. It was so mesmerizing to watch. I’ve been a
dancer my entire life, and yet, there was this amazing
style of dancing that I had never seen or even heard of
before. I remember saying to myself, “I HAVE to learn
how to do this!” About one month later, I received my
first hula hoop as a Christmas gift from my parents and
it’s been a hobby of mine ever since.

3. Any interests in poi light dancing or gloving?

Absolutely! I’ve always had a love for learning and
acquiring new skills. After all, you don’t know what
you might be good at until you try it!

4. What other hobbies or interests do you
have?
Let’s see. I absolutely love to travel and explore the
outdoors. I’m a huge animal lover so you will always
find me involved in some sort of animal-related activity,
whether it be with a rescue organization or just a job in
general. Dancing has been a love of mine since I was a
small child and still is to this day.

5. Weirdest story you like to tell people?

This is a tough question because I have so many weird stories to tell! The weirdest, however, is probably the time I
decided to take a dead snake to show-and-tell. I was only in the first grade at the time so I really didn’t know any better.
I remember one morning before school, I found a small, grayish-colored garden snake in our yard. I didn’t see snakes
very often, so when I realized it wasn’t alive, I decided it would be the coolest thing to take that day for show-and-tell.
My parents went along with my “brilliant idea” and handed me a small plastic hermit crab-type cage to put it in. I filled
the bottom with dirt and then proceeded to pose this snake in a ‘letter Z’-type pose. Sorta like how I imagined a cobra
would be. It never occurred to me that these animals are physically incapable of moving in such H