Quinn Garrity was so grateful to be chosen as a Samantha Ford Scholarship winner last year. She is 12 years old and in the 7th grade. Quinn is a great student at school and at dance. At school she excels at math (thank you, tap!), science and language. She’s been dancing at SOPA since she was 3 and her passion for dance has grown with each year. This is her sixth year on the performance team. Her favorite genres of dance are hip hop and contemporary. She is very excited to perform her solo this year because it combines both of those styles. When Quinn isn’t at the studio taking classes or rehearsing, she enjoys learning about and practicing styles of hair and makeup, baking various treats, spending time with friends and making silly videos with her brother. She lives up to Sam’s motto of “why walk through life when you can dance” as she can be constantly found time-stepping (with or without tap shoes), kick-ball-changing or moonwalking everywhere she goes. She’s even been known to tap dance on the bases while she’s playing softball. And while Quinn is too young to have known Samantha, she shares Sam’s passion for dance, her love for movement and her joy at spending time with her friends at SOPA. The scholarship has really helped continue to make her dance dreams come to life and she will be forever grateful to have been selected.