Our Team

Dancer, Instructor and Founder

Jaslyn

Jaslyn, 15, has been dancing since she was 5 years old, She's trained in ballet, contemporary, and ballroom. She loves all 3 dance styles and has been competing and performing nationally. Her accomplishments include - placing Top 3 for classical ballet and contemporary dance at the prestigious Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP) San Francisco ballet competition 6 years in a row from 2019 and 2024. She is the winner of the 2024 Dance Arts Foundation's Artistic Excellence Award. In ballroom dancing, she has won multiple local and regional dance sport championships.

Among all the performances, her most memorable ones were those where she danced for great causes, including a fundraising event benefiting a new San Francisco dementia center for the Onlok Senior Center in Chinatown, Boys and Girls Club. She was featured in the 2024 Charity Concert organized by the America Chinese Charity Organization to fundraise to help children in poverty, and was named the 2024 US-Chinese Charity Ambassador.

Understanding and experiencing the benefits of dancing brought to her life, she desired to spread the joy and benefits to a wider youth community. Thus the founding of Dance-A-Difference - with a mission to work with other young dancers to inspire and help others, especially children and youth, in need and to give back to the society through the beautiful art form of dance.

Dancer, Instructor

Jake

Dancer, Instructor

Anna

Jake is 17 years old and his journey in the world of dance started when he was 7. Moving from New Jersey to the Bay Area in 2021, he continued his ballroom dance training and has been the national finalist in the US National Amateur Dancesport Championship and won 2nd place at the Best of the Best show dance competition at Ohio Star Ball in 2022.

Besides dancing, Jake is also an avid athlete at his school's track team. He is very excited to join the Dance-a-Difference team to share with others the fun and discipline of dancing!

Anna, 16 years old, ballet dancer.

Dancer, Instructor

Davyd

Davyd is 16 years old and has extensive training in Ballroom dancing in Ukraine. Since moving to the US in late 2023, He has won multiple local dancesport Latin championships in the Youth category - including San Jose City Light Championship and San Francisco Open Youth Latin Scholarship.

Besides dancing, Davyd is passionate about sharing Slavic cultures and knowledge to fellow students and is the president of his high school's Slavic Club. He's excited to share his dance knowledge along with others in Dance a Difference.

Dancer, Instructor

TBD