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Stephanie Kotnik is the current Executive Director of Quaker Girls. She is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences from Queens, New York and is majoring in Urban Studies. She's been dancing since she was four years old in a variety of styles, but likes tap, jazz and hip hop the best. Most of all, she loves Quaker Girls and performing at the Palestra with her teammates! |
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Brittany Nargi , the Artistic Director of Quaker Girls, is a junior, Architecture major in the College. She is from Long Island, New York and has dance experience from a local studio in tap, ballet, lyrical, jazz, and hip-hop. Dancing since the age of four, she is thrilled to continue to dance here at Penn! |
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Jazmyne Evelyn, Quaker Girls' Social Chair, is from Long Island, New York. She has been dancing since the
age of three. She enjoys dancing, writing, and shopping. She is a
junior and plans on majoring in Communications and minoring in Fine
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Michele Saums, Quaker Girls' Finance Chair, is a junior who is currently studying Biological Basis of Behavior and is hoping to go to medical school. She is from Connecticut and is a sister of Sigma Kappa as well as a researcher at Penn Med. Dancing since first grade, she is technically trained in jazz, tap, ballet, and modern and is enthusiastic to be a part of the Quaker Girls!
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Gaby Gosciniak could not be happier to be the Public Relations Chair of Quaker Girls! She has been dancing since she was a little girl at Miss Jeanne's School of Dance Arts in Bethlehem, PA, and is thrilled to continue dancing with the Quaker Girls here at Penn. Gaby is a currently a junior majoring in Biology in the College of Arts and Sciences. |
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Alexandra Roman is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences from Detroit, MI. She has been dancing for 12 years, taking classes in ballet, pointe, modern, and jazz, and cannot wait to start dancing at half time with her fellow teammates! Besides Quaker Girls, she is also involved in Penn’s Black Student League. Alexandra plans to major in International Relations with a minor in Spanish. |
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Ally Del Cañal was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, but raised in Miami, FL. She started dancing when she was 11 in genres such as ballet, jazz, tap, and flamenco. She is a freshman in Wharton and planning to double concentrate in Management and Retail. She absolutely adores laughing and going out to dance with friends. Ally can’t wait to dance alongside her new team! |
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Bahja Johnson is a senior in the Wharton School planning on a concentration in marketing with a possible minor in communications. Though born in Wharton, NJ, she has lived most her life in St. Louis, MO where she found a love for food, field hockey, music and, of course, dance! She has been taking formal classes since she was 8 years old, but has been dancing since she could walk, and is so excited to perform with the Quaker Girls this year!
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Carolyn Gordon is from West Chester, Pennsylvania and is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. She has been dancing since age 4 and is trained in many different styles of dance, but enjoys hip-hop and jazz the most. Carolyn danced at half-time of her high school's basketball games as a Golden Knight and can't wait to continue dancing as a Quaker Girl! |
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Catalina Arango is originally from Medellin, Colombia but has lived in Miami, FL for the past 13 years. Currently, she is a freshman in the Wharton Business School and plans on concentrating in management with a minor in psychology. She loves doing yoga, going out and meeting new people, and of course, dancing and performing!
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Born and raised in Philadelphia, Desirée Grant is now a Nursing major. She loves basketball and looks forward to pumping up the audience at Men's Basketball games! |
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Jacqueline Baron is a junior in the College and from the suburbs of Atlanta. She's majoring in Psychology, minoring in Sociology, and aspires to be a child psychologist in the FBI. Jacqueline has been dancing since the age of 7 and hip-hop is definitely her favorite! She was on the dance team that performed at basketball half-times all throughout high school and is so excited to be able to continue her passion for performing. While not dancing with the amazing Quaker Girls, Jacqueline is a Resident Advisor (RA) in Fisher Hassenfeld College House, an intern at the Center for Autism Research, a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Social Chair of the Multicultural Greek Council, Assistant Manager of the Penn's Sprint Football Team, and involved in Big Brothers Big Sisters. |
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Jacqueline La Quaglia is from East Hanover, New Jersey and is currently a junior in the School of Nursing. She has been dancing since she was a little girl at Nicole’s Broadway Dance Company in New Jersey and is so excited to continue dancing here at Penn with Quaker Girls! |
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Margot Konig is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. She is from Dallas, Texas and plans to major in Economics. Margot has been dancing since she was young in all styles of dance including jazz, ballet, modern, and hip hop. Her favorites are jazz and hip hop. She loves performing and is so excited to be one of the newest members of the Quaker Girls! |
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Sarah Katzin is a freshman in the College from Boca Raton, Florida. She plans to major in Health and Societies and is currently pre-med. She has been dancing since she was three years old in all styles of dance, but loves hip hop the most! Sarah was on her high school’s dance team and is so excited to be a part of Quaker Girls at Penn! |
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Tacie Reger is currently a junior in the School of Nursing while pursuing minors in Hispanic Studies and Global Health. She is from the Seattle area and has been dancing since age five. She is technically trained in tap, ballet, jazz, lyrical, modern and hip hop and loves performing all styles! Outside of Quaker Girls, Tacie is a member of Soundworks Tap Factory and Arts House Dance Company. She is also involved with Eco-Reps, a peer education group that promotes sustainable living in college houses. She absolutely loves Penn and can't wait to perform at basketball games this year with the Quaker Girls. Go Quakers! |
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QUAKER GIRLS ALUMNI:
Alicia Nelson
Alissa Eisenberg*
Amanda Frankel
Amma Kwateng
Annie Jean-Baptiste
Aubrey Yamada
Becca Aronson*
Brittany Merrill
Haley Samsi*
Hilary Schneider*
Jessie Friedman*
Kulia Matsuo
Lauren Roos
Lauren Russo
Mariko Ichikawa*
Meredith Nussbaum*
Natalie Fabe*
Nina Vyas
Rachel Burnard
Renu Chintapalli
Shirin Bohra
TaiVon McKinney**
Tonette Palencia
* Denotes Former Captain
** Denotes Founder
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