TAMIKA GUISHARD ’98
Traditional West African drum and dance drives my award-winning, feature-length screenplay about a triad of youth (whose Shero’s a PA alumna) aged out of a broken foster care system. These age-old rhythms powerfully and purposefully emboldened Indigenous communities for centuries. Although African dance is not standardly offered within Andover’s curriculum, dancing on campus—particularly as a founding member of S.L.A.M.—endowed me with power, purpose, and community throughout my four years.
