My passion for the arts started at a young age. I can clearly remember the moment my love and fascination for dance began. I was six years old and watching television with my mom when I saw a perfume commercial with the most elegant, ethereal, and beautiful dancer I had ever seen. I was immediately enthralled and practically begged my mom to put me in whatever style of dance it was that she was doing, which was ballet. After a few days, I remember being overjoyed when my mom told me to get ready for ballet class. I felt like I was floating as I entered the dance studio doors in my pink leggings and t-shirt with my tiny ballet shoes in hand. I can still remember being so nervous yet so excited to take my first ballet class. My teacher, Mrs. Marie Gaschler, would be the teacher whose trainings I grew up with for a decade longer and the one who helped shape my love, passion and commitment for the art and science of dance. My career in the arts will be driven by my desire to inspire others and increase awareness in the world. In a world that often feels so divided, art has the ability to show us how connected we truly are. Through collaborative projects and community engagement, my goal as an artist is to inspire others to come together to create a more inclusive and compassionate world. Through my eighteen years of observation, this is very much needed because the world as a whole is faced with various challenges such as trauma, grief, abandonment and so much more. Sometimes society can be ugly because people use violence or hate as an outlet for dealing with those emotional pains. I believe art can help create a better world by being a vehicle to help people express themselves artistically when they’re unable to verbally. I feel this can ultimately contribute to a more empathetic and supportive society by creating an outlet to express those raw emotions in a safe space without judgement. From first-hand experience, dance has brought me through loss, grief and hard times. Soon after a family member passed away, I stepped into the studio with tears in my eyes, a knot in my throat and this overwhelming amount of pain and sadness. In that moment, dance felt like my form of therapy and my place of comfort. I saw my family member cheering me on and telling me that dance would get me through this tough time and it did exactly that. I was able to let go, let my body move freely, and take my mind off of everything that was going on outside and just be one with the music, my body, and my soul. In essence, art is a powerful tool that can change the world in remarkable ways. It has the ability to not only bring people together but heal the very persons that participate in it. Whether you’re spectating or participating, we can all collectively benefit in the most beautiful way using art.

My passion for the arts started at a young age. I can clearly remember the moment my love and fascination for dance began. I was six years old and watching television with my mom when I saw a perfume commercial with the most elegant, ethereal, and beautiful dancer I had ever seen. I was immediately enthralled and practically begged my mom to put me in whatever style of dance it was that she was doing, which was ballet. After a few days, I remember being overjoyed when my mom told me to get ready for ballet class. I felt like I was floating as I entered the dance studio doors in my pink leggings and t-shirt with my tiny ballet shoes in hand. I can still remember being so nervous yet so excited to take my first ballet class. My teachers have all helped shape my love, passion and commitment for the art and science of dance. Dance has honestly never felt like something I had to learn to do. I feel as if it has run through my veins and entranced before I knew what it was. I grew up with jazz, reggae, classical and soul music around the house and my feet were never still, constantly tapping on the hardwood floors or going on my highest tip toes pretending like I was in pointe shoes in front of the world’s biggest audience, even if it was just in my bedroom. Dance has brought me through loss, grief and hard times. Soon after a family member passed away, I stepped into the studio with tears in my eyes, a knot in my throat and this overwhelming amount of pain and sadness. In that moment, dance felt like my form of therapy and my place of comfort. I saw my family member cheering me on and telling me that dance would get me through this tough time and it did exactly that. I was able to let go, let my body move freely, and take my mind off of everything that was going on outside and just be one with the music, my body, and my soul. It has and always will be a constant in my life. I owe so much to this art form because of what it has given me, the opportunities it has afforded me and what it will continue to bless me with. I know firsthand that dance in every art form has the power to inspire the world. I would love to bring dance and the arts to places all over the world that lack access to the resources we have here in the United States like shoes, dance clothes, and even things like good quality dance floors that prevent injuries to dancers. I plan to provide these resources through my Taylor Moxey Foundation and merge the arts and education together. I truly believe that dance has the power to inspire people both physically and mentally like it did for me, making me the person I am today and empowering my future self.

At a young age I was drawn to books and the power of knowledge to change lives. From my travels around the world with my parents, I was aware that not everyone had the same access to educational opportunities as I did. This realization fueled my desire to do something impactful to bridge the gap and to help provide a platform for children globally to enjoy reading and learning. I created the Taylor Moxey Library System, which includes five libraries to date, by using recycled shipping containers, donated by Seaboard Marine, to bring portable libraries to underserved communities nationally and internationally. When asked by a local organization, Flying for High for Haiti, to partner on this project and build a library from the ground up, I was ecstatic and ready to take on this labor of love. My goal in this project was two-fold. First, I wanted to create a safe and exciting place where children and adults in the community can access resources and educational programs that would empower them to build a better future for themselves and the children after them. Also, I wanted to ensure that we used locally sourced products and employed the people in the community to complete this project. I’m happy that I was able to achieve the projected goals as I was able to establish an after-school arts program where the children use local resources to create artwork that is sold every year in February at Brazilian Nights in Key Biscayne, FL. I was able to secure learning tools for children to be able to learn to speak English using the after-school learning programs at the library. Lastly, the building is used as a resource to provide meals for families in need. Each worker that we hired was native to Ile-a-Vache and no outside workers were used. Products were purchased in Haiti which supported the local economy, and each laborer was paid wages in US currency instead of the Haitian Gourde which helped the families immensely due to the conversion rate. During this process I learned an invaluable lesson about myself and the world at large. I learned that I have a resilience and determination that propels me to achieve great success. During this project, there was political unrest in Haiti and we faced many challenges as a result. I was able to come up with creative ways to work around this and keep the project moving forward. Although the project took longer than expected, I was able to see past the current situation and stay focused on the goal. I was not going to disappoint the people of Ile-a-Vache by giving excuses. I also learned that the when people are connected by one vision, cultural and language barriers are not as big as we may believe they are. We all want the same things in life which is access to education, fair wages and the ability to provide for our families. My goal is to continue providing resources to communities both domestically and internationally.