Spirit check

In today's post, I'm taking a break from the lab and sharing with you a different facet of my life . . . dancing!

I took my first ballet class when I was three years old, and since then, I've fallen in love with dance both as a sport and as an art form. Dance practice is the space in my busy schedule where I can clear my mind of everything else going on in my life and just focus on my body's movement.

In the spring, I auditioned for UH's Cougar Dolls Dance Team and made it onto their 2013-2014 squad!

The last night of auditions when we received our roses! I'm second from the right in the back row.

This weekend, we travelled to Texas State University in San Marcos to attend UDA (Universal Dance Association) College Camp. We performed as a team for the first time, learned some awesome new choreography to bring back to UH, and got to interact with other college dance teams from all over the country.

Representing the Houston Cougars at fight song evaluations! I'm second from the right in the bottom row.

Overall, it was an amazing experience. We really bonded as a team, and we're now looking forward to football season when we'll get to cheer on our boys at Reliant Stadium!

Keep up with the Dolls at our Facebook page. Go Coogs!