How does it feel to be accepted into the Minnesota All State Jazz Band?  It feels great, this is my second time being accepted and it feels just as good as the first time. Last year I only made it...

What is your background as a musician?  My dad is a producer, so I have a bunch of instruments around my house. I started playing drums when I was  three and then I got into guitar a few years ago,...

What is the play you are in? I am in the production of “All American Boys” partnered with Stages Theatre Company in the Capri Theater. I play Rashad. What was the audition process like? For...

What kind of art do you do? I do a couple different types. I mostly do digital art, but I also do some traditional pen and paper or pencil and paper (artwork). I’ve also done a bit of painting. Over...

What has your experience in Mi Perú-Minnesota been like?  I am a member, (and) I'm the director of the board of directors of Mi Perú-Minnesota. We’re a Minnesota folkloric dance group that promotes...

What is your community service project about? Our project is about teaching racial inequities and injustices to students in school. We are going to the elementary schools to talk with the teachers and...

How have you benefited from playing together?   Marley: We win a lot of games because we score twice as much. It’s easy to get a point, it's a quick win. Micah: It’s made me better playing...

Where do you work? I work at Vertical Endeavors — the Minneapolis location in uptown. There's two paid coaches, and then there's me and another assistant coach, volunteering — he's on the advanced...

What is QuestBridge and how does it work? (QuestBridge) is for kids that are in a specific income bracket — about under 65k. Their goal is to help kids get into college when a lot of people don't...

What is QuestBridge and how does it work?   QuestBridge is a nonprofit organization that strives to send low income students to elite universities and fund that. I received the National College...

How long have you worked at Park?  I started working at St. Louis Park Schools March of 2001 … I did work at Susan Lindgren (Elementary School) before I came to the high school. Did you prefer...

How did you come up with the idea for a coat drive? I knew that winter was coming up, and that's the worst season for homeless people staying outside in the cold Minnesota weather — Minnesota weather...