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Our Team
Meet The Team
Since our founding in 2020, V4C has developed and grown tremendously. We’re very proud of the diversity of our team, and their abilities to contribute their own unique experience and talents to our success. Find out more about our team members below.
Madeleine Chen
CEO and Co-Founder
Along with being an elite dancer, Madeleine has had an extensive piano training, and has been devoted to the arts from a young age. Her passion currently lies in dance, but nevertheless, has a love for all arts. Over the past several years, she has won multiple prestigious dance awards, such as YAGP Regional Junior Contemporary 2nd Place, Classical Ballet 3rd Place, Contemporary Duet Overall Top 12 at YAGP World Finals in May 2021. She has been invited to the YAGP World Finals 2 years in a row. Madeleine has been dancing at TDC for 8 years and has had a privilege to be trained with many world class ballet instructors from Bolshoi Ballet, Royal Ballet, Ballet West, New York City Ballet, and more! Her passion towards dance has helped open doors for many as she has taught several private ballet students and has helped them get into the dance programs of their choice! She is also invited to be a ballet instructor teaching summer ballet camp at HappyFeet Dance School this summer. As co-founder of V4C and Social Impact board member at Hockaday, Madeleine continues to spread her love for the arts and education of dance to students everywhere!
Ariana Wang
CMO
Ariana’s dedication to fine arts stems from her ten years of piano training. Not only does she have experience and interest in piano, but she also has a love for all forms of art, including graphic designing. She, along with a few friends, has also started a clothing business, Afterthought Apparel, and hopes to help more aspiring artists with their donations to V4C. Furthermore, with the support of V4C team, Ariana has designed and developed the V4C's website and supported V4C's community outreach program. She is a dedicated member of V4C, and she hopes to continue contributing to the organization with her team.
Fabian Carillo
COO
My name is Fabian Carrillo and I am the COO of visions4Confidence im a current senior at the Booker T Washington high school for performing and visual arts. As COO I manage day to day responsibilities and communicate among the chapters as a liaison between the executive board and our chapters I spend a lot of my free time baking and doing photography.
Alexandra Dassopolous
Marketing Director
Alexandra Dassopoulos has had a love for the arts from a very young age. As a lifelong dancer, starting at three years old, she has explored many different styles of dance, from ballet and jazz to contemporary, hip hop, and tap. Aside from dance, Alexandra has been surrounded by other art forms through her travels abroad, especially to her father’s home country of Greece. Alexandra’sappreciation for the fine arts has been cultivated further through her dedication to writing and journalism. She is the “Arts & Life” section editor of The Hockaday School’s newspaper, The Fourcast, and has her own fashion column where she analyzes all angles of the industry, as well as imparts new trends to her readers. Alexandra also has broad community service experience: she has tutored students in writing at Foster Elementary, interned in the communications department at Lone Star Justice Alliance (a juvenile justice reform organization), and interned at Brighter (a lifestyle magazine for women affected by cancer), raising over $1000 and writing stories for the publication. At V4C, she’ll use her writing, communications, and marketing skills to help spread both her passion for the arts and the mission of the organization with the rest of the world!
Ryne Brown
Social Media Manager
Ryan is a junior at the Hockaday School. Ryan is involved in a few community service organizations, most notably the United to Learn Teen Board. Outside of school, Ryan coxes for the Dallas United Crew U19 Men’s Team. Ryan is super excited to officially become a part of the Visions for Confidence Team, as she has been supporting the organization since its founding in 2020. She cannot wait to help change kids’ lives through the arts!
Jacklyn Wang
Director of International Affairs
Jacklyn Wang is the Director of International Affairs for Visions for Confidence. Despite only being 17, Jacklyn has lived in Vancouver, Canada, Shanghai and Xiamen, China, and now in Los Angeles, CA. She has thrived in many cross-cultural environments witnessing the drastic differences between each community. She has gained multidimensional perspectives on the interworking of different cultures. She is so excited to become a part of the V4C family!
Elizabeth Echt
Co-Founder
Elizabeth’s love for the arts started when she began violin lessons at a young age. She branched out to instruments such as guitar, piano, and mandolin, but her true passion lies with vocals. She has been a classically trained musician for 10 years. Elizabeth has taken part in The School of Rock Dallas house band, published multiple songs and EPs on Spotify, and is the Fine Arts representative at The Hockaday School. She loves all fine arts and has won multiple awards for her instrumental studies. Elizabeth is one of the co-founders, and she can’t wait to continue her journey with V4C and continue to spread her passion of music and the arts with kids everywhere.