Meet The Team
Yagmur Halezeroglu
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Co-Executive Director & Co-Founder
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Yagmur is a dancer, do-er and lover. She is passionate about community work and bringing dance back to the people. Yagmur's passion for non-profit work started in high school when she volunteered at Six Dots Foundation for the Blind in Istanbul, Turkey. Since then, she has volunteered and held coordinator positions in Berkeley Free Clinic and San Francisco General Hospital. She also facilitated and taught a student-run Lindy Hop class as an undergraduate at UC Berkeley.
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Tess Hanson
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Co-Executive Director & Co-Founder
Tess is a dance lover, a practical dreamer, and a reliable problem solver. She's been making up dances since she was three years old and has continued to make dance a significant part of her life since that young age. She's managed cooperative living spaces, performing arts venues, and with Dance for All Bodies, she's now managing her first nonprofit venture. She cares deeply about people, the wellbeing of the planet, and using creative expression to ward off despair.
Jenny Herges
Content Writer
Jenny is a lover of dance, a free spirit, and an advocate for change. She works in Special Education in The San Francisco Bay Area. Jenny has always had a passion for the arts. Growing up, she engaged in ballet classes, modern dance, and was a violinist in the school and community orchestra. To date, she works with local community organizations to create change for people with disabilities. She also volunteers her time by providing communication access through ASL interpreting at a local drag show to support transition-aged students.
CC Huang
Social Media Coordinator
CC is a dancer, an explorer, and a good team player. Dance has been a part of her life since she started learning classical Chinese dance at the age of three. She loves to see everyone’s face when they are enjoying dancing and she hopes more people can join DfAB’s classes! She is responsible for social media (Facebook and Instagram) and tries her best to build a better community on social media for DfAB.
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Amanda Lojeski
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Event Outreach Coordinator
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Amanda has a love for dance, art, music and theater. Theater has been a part of her life since high school. She has been in many of musicals over the years. She loves seeing how much joy dancing can bring to people. She enjoys creating events for DfAB’s on the website and loves being apart of DfAB’s.
Amy Lin
Graphic Design Coordinator
Amy is an extroverted optimist who wishes to be a part of a positive change. She is a lover of all forms of creative expression—from dance to music to even baking pastries and sweets. Amy is involved in her dance group on campus as Choreography Chair and enjoys spreading the joy of dance to everyone.
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Roma Leffmann
Instructor Coordinator
Roma loves many kinds of exercise including dance, cycling, and rock-climbing! She always feels amazing after exercising and believes that everyone should have the opportunity to thrive and flourish, especially in difficult times. She joined the Dance for All Bodies team because she wanted to help more people have access to that kind of community.