One person with passion can be better than many people who are just interested. The document discusses how sharing experiences with friends at Lincoln Center expanded their horizons and was a source of inspiration, showing how individuals who expand each other's horizons strengthen their community. It also talks about learning about a new culture through dance and becoming part of a dance community.

1. The power of a community is in its passionate individuals…
“One person with passion is better than forty people merely interested.” – E.M. Forster
Clockwise from top left: Lincoln Center’s iconic
fountain; Description of a New York City Ballet (NYCB)
program that I went to with my friends earlier this fall;
Me, age 8, with Madame Tumkovsky, age 92 and one
By sharing Lincoln Center with my friends, where I had spent years of my of my teachers at the School of American Ballet; Me,
childhood as a student of the School of American Ballet, I expanded their as a toy soldier in the NYCB’s “Nutcracker”, with my
horizons and presented a potential source of inspiration. My friends had done, sister.
and continue to do the same for me.

2. … who expand one another’s, as well as their own, horizons
Through my love for dance, I learned about the culture of a nation and became part of a new
community.
Clockwise from top left:
Harvard Philippine
Forum (HPF) performing
at Eastbound, the Asian
American Dance
Troupe’s annual show,
2008; HPF performing at
Cultural Rhythms, the
Harvard Foundation’s
annual cultural show,
2008; HPF at Cultural
Rhythms, 2010; Poster
for Typhoon Ketsana
Benefit Show, co-hosted
by HPF and the Harvard
Vietnamese Association,
2009; Backstage for
Typhoon Ketsana Benefit
show, 2009.

3. From New York’s Chinatown to Boston’s Chinatown
My community is a source of inspiration to me – and I endeavor to return the favor.
Clockwise from the top left:
PBHA Chinatown
Afterschool, Fourth Grade
group photo, 2009;
Entrance to Boston’s
Chinatown; PBHA Summer
Urban Program Staff
Dinner, 2008; Chinatown
Ice Cream Factory in New
York’s Chinatown;; PBHA
Chinatown Afterschool,
2007.

4. Harnessing the Power of Community
I am passionate about building strong communities.
Clockwise: Leverett House
Intramural Crew Team,
Spring 2010; Bernstein
Winter Wishes Philanthropy
Initiative, Winter 2011;
Senior Dinner at Leverett
Dining Hall, Winter 2009;
Me, teaching a High Water
Women Financial Literacy
Workshop for low-income
graduating high school
seniors, Summer 2012.