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• Campus connections:

  Nadia joined the Glee Club and the cast of the Upper School musical this year. “Everyone is so passionate about music and performing here, which has been really refreshing. I was the Sugar Plum Fairy and Teen Fiona in Shrek The Musical. In Glee Club, we are always working on different harmonies and making real music.”

• On her horizon:

  Mastering the electric guitar. “I’m taking lessons now. I really wanted to learn because the sound is so amazing. I want to learn how to play The Beach Boys because their sound is so fun and recognizable. Right now I’m working on 'Good Vibrations.'”

• How she raises her voice:

  Through singing and songwriting. “My dad was in an R&B group in the early 2000s and he taught me how to formulate a song with a verse, a hook, a bridge. I’ve been writing songs since I was about nine years old, and now I write all the time. I'm always singing and recording. Right now, I’m trying to figure out how to do all of the technical production work by myself.”

• When she grows up:

  She wants to be an R&B artist. "My main goal is music. I want to build up my material so that I have things to put out there. I want to reach as many people as possible.”

• How she wants to shake the world:

  Through her music. "Music is my heart and soul. I use it to communicate and to express how I’m feeling. So I hope that my music is received by people who can relate to it and that it helps validate their feelings.”

• Favorite subject:

  English. “I like to read and write. I am a songwriter so I’ve always enjoyed writing. Writing is therapeutic for me—it’s an outlet to express myself. We dive so deep into the novels we read and then discuss them as a class, so I think that’s what makes it so fun.”