Of Like Minds Kevin Belisario

In west Fullerton, born and raised On the playground was where Raymar spent most of his days, Chillin out, reading, relaxin all cool,  Always found shooting a bball outside of his school, When the time finally came for Raymar to go to college,  He knew he had to go big and definitely pay homage, That is to follow his dreams, aspirations and intuition, He ended up graduating as a UCLA bruin, Ever since, he went to medical school hoping to fulfill his greatest ambition, Ladies and gents, Of Like Minds presents the OC’s newest Family Medicine Physician

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Intro.: 0:00

How we met.: 0:33

The impact of basketball on your life.: 2:01

What you learned through basketball?: 5:12

Sustaining injuries and the physical/mental recovery.: 8:10

Professional athlete inspirations.: 13:28

Bitter Laker fans.: 19:48

NBA season thoughts.: 21:16

NBA Conference Finals/Finals predictions.: 23:39

Playing IM basketball together!: 29:58

Applying to Med School twice.: 33:24

Making it back to California!: 37:56

Feelings coming back home.: 39:51

Giving Raymar his praise section.: 46:13

What would you say to your thirteen-year-old self?: 47:11

Growing up as the independent middle child and anxious about life was what my next guest, Rachel Aquino, was always accustomed to. With everything going on the world, our next guest reminds us it’s not selfish to take the time to feed your soul and define your own happiness. “Stretching before a marathon is never a waste of time”   

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Intro: 0:00

Check in!.: 0:41

What it was like growing up?: 1:45

Definition middle child!: 4:40

Commuter life to school.: 8:56

Working at the Student Activities Center!: 11:04

What did you do at UCLA?: 16:37

Script writing for Samahang Pilipino's Culture Night!: 19:06

Matching black shirts tangent.: 22:40

North Campus major and why you chose your major.: 24:00

Prevalence of game theory.: 30:46

Journey to UCLA & navigating postgrad.: 33:07

College applications!: 39:43

Insecurity driving us to be better.: 46:08

What are you currently reading?: 50:38

Residency & Raymar!: 54:43

Behind the scenes look at Aladdin.: 1:02:49

Eating ramen and traveling!: 1:06:25

Adjusting work life balance during covid.: 1:10:00

What would you say to your thirteen-year-old self?: 1:15:18

Billy Hawkins is an interdisciplinary visual artist currently based in San Diego, CA. His work crosses multiple mediums from: Drawing/Painting, performance, video installation and more. Thematically his work explores figuration and the psychology of the subject. Billy represents marginalized identities, such as the black and filipino experience, and people that inspire him in his everyday life.   

Tags:  Instagram: billy_onair   

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Intro.: 0:00

Where you grew up and what it was like?: 0:20

Living in Japan.: 1:47

Was constantly moving a pro or con?: 4:08

Main support system?: 5:24

Impact of two older siblings and Mother.: 6:45

Identifying with both Filipino & African American side.: 10:04

Adjustments moving back to the US.: 13:36

Living in the South.: 15:56

Origin of becoming a Visual Artist.: 21:05

Deciding to pursue art in higher education.: 31:34

Pros & cons with the regimen in college.: 40:13

Professors/mentors that had a meaningful impact on you?: 46:04

What it's like creating art during covid?: 53:47

Your dance experience overall.: 59:21

Where are you at with dance currently?: 1:05:02

Meaning behind one of us pieces.: 1:09:30

What would you say to your thirteen-year-old self?: 1:13:35

Go checkout Billy's work!: 1:15:28

Kevin is a veteran artist and educator who has dedicated his career to promoting diversity and access to the arts for all young people, and using arts education as a tool for individual and social transformation. He is a long time Angeleno, but originally from the working-class suburbs of Philadelphia. The first in his family to attend and graduate college, Kevin received his Ph.D. in Cultural Studies, with an emphasis in Arts Education, from Claremont Graduate University; an MFA degree in Dance Choreography from the UCLA Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance (WAC/D); and a BFA degree  in Theatre Arts from Hofstra University. He is currently the Director of the UCLA Visual and Performing Arts Education (VAPAE) Program in the School of the Arts and Architecture, teaches Intro to Theatre classes to 9th graders at the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts (LACHSA), and designed and directed the award-winning UCLA Summer High School Dance Theatre Intensive program for ten years. As an actor, Kevin portrayed the role of Claude in the European tour of Hair, John Wayne in Making a Disaster at Highways Performance Space, was a featured performer in Flashpoint: Stonewall at the Alex Theater (LA) and Carnegie Hall (NYC), and appeared in several roles in regional and touring companies of A Chorus Line; in addition, he took on featured roles in the film Crazy/ Beautiful and the television program ER, among others. Kevin was also the co-screenwriter for the film Northern Lights, starring Diane Keaton, based on a one person show that he co-wrote and directed. Deeply committed to public education and connected to the Los Angeles Unified School District, Kevin also holds a CA Clear teaching credential and taught English Language Arts, theatre arts and dance for eight years at John Marshall High School, where he founded the Theatre Workshop Program. Through working with hundreds of talented young artists as part of the Theatre Workshop program, Kevin developed unique methods for creating original multidisciplinary performance projects in collaboration with youth. Over the past two decades, Kevin has conceived, created, and presented at least 25 full-length devised, dance theatre, and multimedia video productions that have explored a range of socially relevant themes and topics.   



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Intro.: 0:00

Check in, being back on campus.: 0:30

Adjusting to Covid.: 2:10

Potential to return to in person learning.: 5:41

Importance of in class learning.: 13:45

Effective teaching styles incorporated via zoom.: 25:08

Story time with Kevin!: 33:29

What it was like growing up? Arts Education's role in your life.: 41:35

What made you want to give back?: 51:52

What would you say to your thirteen-year-old self?: 57:48

Kristopher Wagner, native to San Diego, began dancing at just 2 years old, later taking his career to a professional level at age 8! He began to dance competitively at Rising Star Dance Company, where he trained in ballet, jazz, lyrical, contemporary, tap and hip hop. He found his love for Hip Hop when he joined Flipside in 2005, under the instruction of Phillip Geniza. He has been represented by Clear Talent Group for the past 13 years and has much success in the industry. Now, he continues to share his knowledge and experiences to the next generation in the San Diego community.

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Intro.: 0:00

How you started in dance?: 0:55

Impactful teachers growing up.: 2:40

Being an artist and dancer during COVID?: 7:39

Pullback in terms of training, creating?: 12:20

Teaching dance during COVID.: 15:00

Teaching online and adjustments that worked and didn’t work?: 17:31

What it was like dancing professional as a kid?: 21:31

Being surrounded by older dancers and their influence on you.: 29:00

Being a dancer on the team and then eventually becoming director.: 33:02

Shift in San Diego dance community in 2012.: 39:17

Importance of being well rounded as a dancer.: 43:00

Particular style of dance that is the most special to you?: 46:47

Differences of movement between San Diego & LA?: 48:22

Cattle calls, training with people in LA?: 55:17

Typecasting.: 59:52

Unseen sacrifice.: 1:04:40

Wear n tear on our bodies.: 1:07:03

What would you say to your thirteen-year-old self?: 1:08:30

Born and raised in San Diego, California, Ysa fell in love with dancing at 4 years old. Ysa trained in jazz, lyrical, ballet and contemporary dance. Ysa soon would make the transition into commercial, acting, and modeling by the age of 10. Some of her work in acting includes “Toulane” in American Girl Mckenna Shoots for the Stars, “Camryn Coyle” in Netflix Original Project Mc2, “Maisie” in Brat series Red Ruby, and her upcoming recurring role in Stargirl Season 2 releasing in the Summer of 2021.  

In the midst of her acting career, she continues to dance with Choreo Cookies, a professional adult hip hop team and new dance company, Vessel. Ysa hopes to inspire those around her to fight for what they want and to approach life with authenticity, compassion, and love.



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Intro.: 0:00

Check in.: 0:27

How Ysa & I met plus Choreo Cookies.: 1:11

First performance with Cookies in Houston 2019!: 6:10

Dance origins.: 9:09

Pushing thru a full time workload as a 9 year old.: 12:53

Personal life affecting the enjoyment of acting.: 17:48

Stargirl & and the amazing cast.: 22:17

Revitalizing her love and passion for acting.: 25:17

Booking your first gig and how that affected you.: 27:14

Family supporting her pursuit of the unconventional.: 31:14

Schooling in an untraditional way.: 34:37

Dealing with people who have hidden agendas.: 41:00

Evolving during covid.: 45:49

Car alarm goes off!: 48:51

Adapting your practice during covid.: 49:42

Your role in Project Mc2 and how that's affected you.: 56:32

What would you say to your thirteen-year-old self?: 1:04:50