From Boston Ballet Dancer to Questrom MBA Student
March 11, 2025
Isaac Akiva’25 grew up in Jamaica Plain, and at nine years old was invited to take classes at Boston Ballet through its Citydance program. “He dropped out of high school his junior year (he later earned a GED) to study ballet full-time. In 2007, he was invited to join the professional company and rose from apprentice to corps de ballet to demi-soloist, and finally, to soloist.” Since then, Isaac has performed in over 90 productions all over the world with the Boston Ballet.
“He decided to take on a new challenge—earning an MBA at Boston University’s Questrom School of Business. He is now in his third and final semester. ”
