In this episode, Anusha chats with Keys 2 Success volunteer Tayler Dash about her experience working with Keys. Interviewed in two sessions, one at the beginning of summer and one at the end, Tayler shares her biggest takeaways from working with kids, her favorite part about volunteering, and how working with Keys has shifted her mindset on accessible education. Stick around till the end of the episode to hear Tayler reflect on summer camp, and share some of the lessons she's learned over the past few months!

In this episode, Anusha sat down with one of Keys2Success' students, Alex Alvarez, to talk about music, robotics, and even marine biology! Stick around to hear more about Alex's favorite songs to play, the advice he has for new piano students, and his goals as a musician. 

In this episode, we hear from one of the longest-participating students at Keys 2 Success, Jaziah Bryant. She talks about her favorite subjects in school, her favorite parts of summer camp this year, and everything she loves most about the program. The episode consists of two separate interviews: one from the first week of camp, and one from the 2022 camp's final days. Though Jaziah has been here for so long and has met most, if not all of the students participating, even she agrees that this summer was an experience like no other.

In this episode, we caught up with Tim, a hardworking volunteer at K2S. He talks about how his time has been with K2S so far, how he's grown as a volunteer, and his first experiences with teaching. His time at camp has been full of surprises; he didn't anticipate the number of kids he'd meet, how easy working with kids would be, or how much he'd enjoy his job. This episode consists of two separate interviews; one that we did in the beginning of camp and one at the end, so we really get to see his growth in the span of a few weeks. 

During this episode, Anusha chats with the lovely, bubbly, and exuberant Melvashia, a student at K2S. Melvashia reveals how she's improved at piano through hard work and practice, how she likes learning about caring for animals, and that her favorite movie is "Lilo and Stitch." Her advice to beginner piano students is to keep persevering through dedication and practice (as well as online piano games). You don't want to miss this super fun episode! 

This week, Anusha and Emely had the pleasure of speaking with Lizzy Krska, a piano teacher with K2S. Her radiant personality shines through the stories she tells of her time with Keys since she was 11, her breakdown of creative music theory games, and a throwback to the days of K2S drum camp and coding camp. You don't want to miss this episode full of never-before-heard stories, laughs, and of course, music theory games. 

In this episode, Anusha speaks with Onya Vargas, a long time student at Keys 2 Success. Onya walks us through the beginning of her piano journey, and how her love of piano has evolved along side K2S. Onya's wise words and bright personality makes this an episode that you don't want to miss!

During this episode, Anusha chats with high school intern Mila Talati, who recently joined the fundraising team at K2S. Even though she's relatively new to the organization, she has so much to contribute to the team. Over the plane sounds of Newark, Mila talks about her first year at summer camp, her first impressions of K2S, discusses her favorite things about volunteering, and talks about some of the difficulties she's faced so far in working with kids. Make sure to stick around for the adorable story she tells at the end of the episode. 

This episode, Anusha Iyer and Chloe Kim get to chat with the Emely, a sweet and soft-spoken student with K2S. She talks about some of her favorite piano pieces, beating Chloe at basketball :), some of the challenges of playing piano, and meeting kind piano-lovers at camp. Emely joins us a for a second interview within the same episode to reflect on how her time at camp has been so far, so you don't want to miss this incredible episode.