{"id":14410,"date":"2025-03-11T09:32:50","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T13:32:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/?p=14410"},"modified":"2025-03-11T12:17:50","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T16:17:50","slug":"from-boston-ballet-dancer-to-questrom-mba-student","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/blog\/from-boston-ballet-dancer-to-questrom-mba-student\/","title":{"rendered":"From Boston Ballet Dancer to Questrom MBA Student"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-b2e659ba wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1335\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/25-1097-BALLET-006_feat-crop-Isaac-Akiva.webp\" alt=\"Isaac Akiva smiling and dressed smartly performs a ballet move.\" class=\"wp-image-14411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/25-1097-BALLET-006_feat-crop-Isaac-Akiva.webp 1335w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/25-1097-BALLET-006_feat-crop-Isaac-Akiva-200x300.webp 200w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/25-1097-BALLET-006_feat-crop-Isaac-Akiva-467x700.webp 467w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1335px) 100vw, 1335px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Isaac Akiva&#8217;25 grew up in Jamaica Plain, and at nine years old was invited to take classes at Boston Ballet through its Citydance program. &#8220;He dropped out of high school his junior year (he later earned a GED) to study ballet full-time. 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