Theme: Incipit: [here] begins

Which comes first? The INCIPIT

The incipit are the opening words of a traditional manuscript or the beginning sequence of notes in music. Speakers at this year's TEDxPineCrestSchool will explore beginnings. Beginnings lead to endless possibilities. But everything must have a beginning. Where does your journey begin? Where does a solution to a problem begin? Where do we begin to find the answers to existential questions? How do you begin your day? Are ends really just new beginnings? Find out the answer to these questions as speakers share their stories and expertise at INCIPIT.

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Alan Bary

Student

Alan Bary is a student at Pine Crest School.

Amanda Feijoo

Student

Amanda Feijoo is a member of Pine Crest Schools class of 2018. She is a rower.

Arielle Ghiloni

Arielle is a member of the Class of 2019 at Pine Crest School. She is on the varsity volleyball team and plays with a club team. When not on the court, Arielle enjoys video editing and snowboarding.

Clara Nguyen

Student / Researcher

Clara Nguyen is a member of Pine Crest School graduating class of 2019. She is a classical pianist, a writer, and a scholar. A daughter of Vietnamese immigrants, Clara often examines her heritage in her writing; her science research is also informed by her background.

Clarisa Zisman

Clarisa is a member of the Class of 2020 at Pine Crest School. She is a member of the crew team at Pine Crest School.

Clarissa Zisman

Clarissa is a member of the Class of 2020 at Pine Crest School. She is a member of the crew team at Pine Crest School.

David Edelson

David Edelson is a graduate of Pine Crest School (class of 2019). While at Pine Crest, David focused his time on the robotics and volleyball teams. He is versed in CAD design and will continue to study engineering at Washington University in St. Louis.

Delaney Dardet

Delaney is a member of the Class of 2020 at Pine Crest School. She is a member of crew team and an artist.

Elizabeth Foltz

Student / Community Service Organizer

Elizabeth Foltz is a student at Pine Crest School (Class of 2018). She is on the varsity swim team. In ninth grade, she began the Books for Babies Program in partnership with Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition of Broward County. Her mission is to promote literacy rates in low-income families in Broward County. She has held book drives with local businesses within her community including two employee book drives with Publix Supermarkets. In total Elizabeth and her Books for Babies Program have collected and distributed over 25,000 books for children and families in her community.

Emily Tomchin

Emily is a member of the Class of 2018 at Pine Crest School and an avid feminist. She is a dedicated varsity debater.

Eric Shagrin

Eric is a member of the Class of 2019 at Pine Crest School. In the summer of 2017, he attended Seeds of Peace camp. He is co-president of the TED-ED club and passionate about politics, economics, and international relations.

Isabel Fabre

Isabel is a member of the Class of 2018 at Pine Crest School.

Izzy Seckler

Izzy is a member of the Class of 2019 at Pine Crest School. She shares this story as an example of how we can face obstacles, from the minute to the seemingly monumental, with hope, a positive mindset, a willingness to shift our perspectives. You can learn more at charleysfund.org

Jordan Vital

Jordan Vital is a member of the Pine Crest School graduating class of 2020.

Julian Forgues

Julian is a member of the Class of 2018 at Pine Crest School and a passionate guitarist.

Kristian Kabuay

Kristian Kabuay is a self-taught artist influenced by calligraphy, graffiti, abstract art, indigenous culture, technology and Asian writing systems. A leading authority for the propagation and instruction of the Ancient Philippine script, Baybayin, he developed a modern performance style of the writing system called Tulang Kalis (Poetry of the Sword) and introduced it as Filipino Calligraphy with a series of live demonstrations and lectures at the Asian Art Museum in October 2012. He has spoken at numerous institutions such as Stanford, UC Berkeley, SFSU, University of the Philippines, National Anthropology Museum of Madrid, and Tokyo University. Currently based in San Francisco, Kristian has been tirelessly advocating a reawakening of the indigenous spirit through decolonization and Baybayin.

Lance Alboucrek

Lance Alboucrek is an avid fisherman and boater. He is a member of the Pine Crest School class of 2018.

Marc Blattner

Marc Blattner is a member of the Pine Crest School graduating class of 2018.

Marci Calabretta Cancio-Bello

Writer / Professor

MARCI CALABRETTA CANCIO-BELLO is the author of Hour of the Ox (University of Pittsburgh, 2016), which won the 2015 Donald Hall Prize for Poetry and the 2016 Florida Book Awards bronze medal, and the chapbook Last Train to the Midnight Market (Finishing Line Press, 2013). She serves as co-founding editor for Print-Oriented Bastards, producer for The Working Poet Radio Show, and a program coordinator for Miami Book Fair. Cancio-Bello is the recipient of a Kundiman Asian American Poetry Fellowship, a John S. and James L. Knight Fellowship, and two Academy of American Poets Prizes. She holds degrees from Florida International University (MFA, Creative Writing) and Carnegie Mellon University (BA, English and Creative Writing). Her work has appeared in Best New Poets, Best Small Fictions, The Georgia Review, The New York Times, and more.

Max Emerson

Social Media Personality / Filmmaker / Actor / Model

Max Emerson is an actor, producer, writer, director, and social media personality. A graduate of the University of Miami, where he received his BFA in Performance and Directing, Max has gone on to appear on several television shows including Glee, The Real O'Neals, Hit the Floor. He has over 600,000 followers on Instagram. His first feature-length film Hooked, which he wrote, directed, and produced through crowdfunding, debuted at the Inside Out LGBT Film Festival in Toronto, Canada in May 2017. Max also has vast stage experience. He recently starred in The Little Dog Laughed at Redhouse Arts Center in Syracuse, NY in September 2017.

Michele Graglia

Ultra Marathon Runner / Fashion Model / Author

Michele Graglia is a model, author, fitness coach, and ultra marathon runner. His book Ultra was published by Sperling & Kupfer in May 2017. Originally from Taggia, Liguria, Italy, Graglia became an international model represented by Major Model Management in New York and the now defunct Irene Marie Model Management in Miami, FL, where he was initially discovered. He currently lives in Los Angeles, California.

Mimi Lavin

Mimi Lavin is a member of the Philips Exeter Academy graduating class of 2020.

Paige Skimming

Paige Skimming is a member of the Pine Crest School graduating class of 2018. Paige has been involved in animal rescue for her entire life through her mom and more narrowly dog rescue for about 10 years. She has seen first hand what happens in and out of the shelter. She routinely speaks at different schools and events about the topic. She will be attending the College of Charleston.

Rachel Bell

Rachel Bell is a member of the Pine Crest School class of 2018. She is a poet, feminist, and activist who will be attending NYU.

Ryan Felberbaum

Ryan is a member of the Class of 2018 at Pine Crest School and a passionate guitarist.

Ryan Southard

Ryan Southward is a member of Pine Crest School's class of 2018. He enjoys fishing, water sports, and the great outdoors.

Susan Taylor

Registered Nurse

Susan Taylor is a registered nurse and school nurse at Pine Crest School.