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• 5:12 ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT: Marya Bangee (DBHS Class of 2004) Featured

  Marya Bangee personally understands the power of authentic storytelling, and the potential narratives have to build bridges of commonality and connection among people.
  
  As vice president of representation and inclusion strategies at the Walt Disney Studios, some of her team's responsibilities include overseeing hundreds of film productions from company entities such as Twentieth Century Studios, Pixar, Marvel Entertainment, Lucasfilm and more.
  
  Furthermore, as Muslims mark the end of Ramadan with Eid celebrations, Bangee is also a Muslim American woman who is using her heritage and life experiences, specifically through visual storytelling, to bring new perspectives to storytelling.
  
  "I have loved stories my entire life. The thing that's so powerful about stories is that they use the language of emotion," said Bangee. "A story is not data. A story is not, you know, science, a story is really about a lived human experience."
  
  Bangee believes that when a story is done well, it can create real change and help people connect to one another through a lens of better understanding and a willingness to rethink preconceived notions.
  
  "As a Muslim, I have seen that in so many ways when I'm engaging with people who are scared or suspicious of me, for me to be able to share something about myself, it actually enables for them to see that there is some commonality and similarity," she told ABC. "It's a door in which you can start a conversation that can change the way that somebody understands you."
  
  Her team has worked on productions like "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" and Disney's upcoming "The Little Mermaid," which she can't wait for audiences to watch.
  
  Furthermore, Bangee says stories through media enable us to understand those who may be different from us, but at the same time, storylines can also instill fear and division.
  
  "I know firsthand how stories can really harm people. I was a sophomore in high school when 9/11 happened," she said. "One of the things I saw was that overnight, my story was taken away from me. So a lot of people started to project onto me what they understood my identity was, and it was a profoundly alienating."
  
  Over time, the life-changing experience encouraged her to help people find their agency and reclaim their narratives. And so today, Bangee feels incredibly privileged and honored in her profession, which gives her the opportunity to make a difference in the space of inclusion and representation.
  
  Surprisingly, it wasn't until recently when Bangee first saw herself reflected in popula

  Uploaded Apr 29, 2023
• 1:40 BRAHMA Rachel Scott Says Thank You To WVUSD Featured
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• 1:08 'FROZEN' Opens In A Week! Featured

  Check out some awesome tech week pics from our Student Directors @dbhstheater !
  
  Next week we add makeup, wigs/hair, microphones, orchestra, finish costume adjustments, and finalize the set!
  
  We open next Friday!
  
  📸: Michelle & Reyna

  Uploaded Apr 16, 2023
• 8:36 Highlights from Performing Arts Academy's March 2023 Recital Featured

  Highlights from our Performing Arts Academy's March Recital!
  
  Symphony No. 6 “Le Matin”
  Joseph Haydn
  
  Suite No. 1
  Charles-Édouard Lefebvre
  
  Quintet No. 1
  Franz Danzi
  
  inspired by Bach’s Prelude in C Major
  
  Méditation sur le Premier Prélude de Clavier de J. S. Bach
  Lucas O’Brien (c/o 2024)
  
  Etude Op. 10 No. 1 on a Theme of Bach
  Don Wong (c/o 2024)
  
  Maya
  Ian Clarke
  
  Trio for Violin, Horn and Piano
  Johannes Brahms
  
  Concerto of Oboe and Violin
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  
  Concerto for Two Violins by Bach
  Johann Sebastian Bach

  Uploaded Apr 09, 2023
• 2:34 Nathan Yu - Two Sides
  Uploaded Mar 29, 2023 to Doppleganger Student Film Festival
• 00:58 Jodie Baek - Chromhidrosis
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• 1:47 Jessica Leung - Blue Hour
  Uploaded Mar 29, 2023 to Doppleganger Student Film Festival
• 1:20 Sean Gabriel Pornan - Apocalyptic Youth
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• 1:24 Giselle Gutierrez - Andi's Art
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• 1:09 Lynea Morton Dyke - Always With You
  Uploaded Mar 29, 2023 to Doppleganger Student Film Festival