17 Dreyfoos students selected for YoungArts Miami

February 20, 2014

A total of 17 Dreyfoos students were selected to participate in the session of YoungArts Miami that took place from Feb. 14-16. Throughout South Florida, 100 students were selected in all, making Dreyfoos students a significant percentage of those honored. At the event, students were given the opportunity to work with renowned artists who taught and mentored them. At the end of the retreat, the participants held performances, exhibitions and readings of their work at the YoungArts campus.

The following students were selected:

Visual Arts
• Seniors:
o Yasmeen Almanza Ampuero
o Samantha Burdo
o Alan Doyle
o Emma Fly
o Quenten Kadlec
o Alec Nguyen
o Meridith Padgett
o Isabella Pezzulo
o Zachary Rapaport
o Theresa Ryan
o Luis Zepeda

• Juniors:
o Lauren Posner

Band
• Seniors:
o Shannon Silver
o Maxwell Stein

Dance
• Sophomores:
o Gianna Theodore

Digital Media
• Seniors:
o Morgan Waltz
o Emily O’Connell

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Ximena Hasbach is an Assistant Managing Editor of The Muse for the OP/ED and Arts sections. She is a third-year staffer, starting as staffer for the News and OP/ED sections as a sophomore, and later became the Arts Editor. This year she will also be starting a website column on scientific topics. Ximena also participates in Speech and Debate, and heads the National Science Honor Society and National Math Honor Society at Dreyfoos. She is very passionate about spreading the joy of science and engineering at school and online. If you are looking to simultaneously brush up on your Spanish and your calculus, you can find her Khan Academy translations on YouTube. Ximena was born in Mexico City and moved to the United States in 2004. She hopes to major in Materials Science and Engineering or Computer Science and Engineering at a college located in a city up north where, unlike in Florida, there are four seasons in a year.

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17 Dreyfoos students selected for YoungArts Miami