Hi, my name is Jilianš¶
and I can wave my pinky toe by itself
Birthday: January 10, 2007
Hometown: San Ramon, CA
Major / Year: Environmental Engineering / 1st Year
Hobbies: Dance, reading, sketching, baking, Star Wars, Harry Potter, all genres of music, making gifts for people, plants, playing video games with friends and family
Childhood Dreams: To become the Lorax, learn from Sean Lew, choreograph for a movie, dance in a music video, teach tap, own a chopsticks dispensing machine
Sparring Match: Maya š
Favorite Food: NOODLES 4 LIFE
Favorite Hashtag: #sustainabledesign #smeezeeverywhere
Favorite Movie: The Young Girls of Rochefort, The Bourne Identity series
Favorite Quote: āNothing beats kindness. It sits quietly beyond all things.ā ā The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse by Charlie Mackesy
Fictional Character: Keith Kogane
Earliest Memory: Eating my ladybug birthday cake before I was supposed to š
Favorite Dance Move: The smeeze
Favorite Song: Oscar Winning Tears (Royal Albert Hall version) by RAYE, Skippinā by Mario
Favorite Pizza Topping: Pepperoni
Favorite Dessert: Cookies nā Cream
Secret Obsession: Mitch Albom books
Life Movie Title: Looking Up
Significant Other Traits: Kind-hearted, respectful, appreciates me for who I am on the inside
Pet Peeves: Passive aggressiveness, ingenuine people, littering, not pushing chairs in, chewing with mouth open, talking just to talk, angry yelling
Guilty Pleasures: Inhaling popcorn, staying up really really late cuz what is time anyways?, texting my favorite people
Mbti: ENFJ-A
Embarrassing Moment: When I had to dance to a random song in front of everyone for my auntās wedding and they forced me to dance to Let It Go
Favorite MCIA Pieces: WHATS POPPIN (Joshua Ji & Christian De Lemos), Phi Year Spring Flagpoles, Never Wanna Lose Me (Alyssa Young), Whatever She Wants (Joshua Pagaduan)
Favorite Non MCIA Pieces: Soprano (Talia Favia, Sean Lew), Yeh I F****nā Did It (Tobias Ellehammer), Jumping Jive from Stormy Weather (The Nicholas Brothers), IDL 2025 (Brotherhood)
Dance Inspiration: Sean Lew, Tobias Ellehammer, Wren Crisologo, Howl, Bada Lee, Alyssa Santos, Chloe Arnold
Dance Crush: Sean Lew
Why MCIA: I met Rachel, Miranda, and Gabe in the summer by chance and they let me dance with them āŗļøThey were so welcoming and fun to be around, so I was really excited that they were all part of the same team. I also loved their dance style at the workshops and All IDC, and wanted to be part of their dance family.
5 Things People Donāt Know About Me
- I have a 4th degree brown belt in kung fu
- Iām a sketch artist
- I can wave my pinky toe by itself
- Iām an extreme Star Wars fan
- Iām lactose intolerant but I love ice cream
In Five Years: Have graduated, be an environmental engineer with a job I enjoy, still be dancing (hopefully choreographing and teaching), have strong relationships with family and friends, explore more of the world, and be happy.
Shout Outs & Thank Youās: Thank you to my Mommy and Baba, Yai, Uncle Jet, Uncle Rex, Uncle Roy, Aunt Martha, Marnie Desmond, Danny Spirt, Ellie Spirt, Rolleen Meyers, my Chiās, Joshua Pagaduan, Alyssa Young, Selah Kim, Joshua Ji, Rachael Lee, Miranda Barragan, Gabriel Bonsol, my Tripssssss, Alexis Iritani, Romarick Anderson, the BBA fam, Doghouse.
