Academy Quote by Kimiko Glenn

I grew up in Kentucky, and went to boarding school outside Boston at Phillips Academy Andover for two years.

— Kevin Olusola

I did my last year of high school as an exchange student. I lived south of the Atlanta, in a quite strange place -…

— Anna Ternheim

When I was 12, I was doing competitive jazz, tap and ballet in Michigan. The studio put the best dancers together, and I joined…

— Jillian Rose Reed

I went to high school in Lexington, Massachusetts, which in hindsight was very nice.

— Eugene Mirman

I went to Harvard College, grew up in Boston, and went to high school in Boston.

— Lawrence O'Donnell

My parents migrated to Phoenix, AZ, in the '80s, and I watched them work tirelessly to provide for me and my siblings as they…

— Opal Tometi

I started in high school with a teacher there. I also took lessons at the Conservatory of Music in Detroit. Detroit was very motivating.…

— Yusef Lateef

I went away to this summer program after my junior year of high school. They used to have this thing called the Governor's School,…

— Zachary Quinto

I grew up in England, went to a nice public school, then didn't want to go to university, so I thought I would wander…

— Marc Koska

After my parents split up my mother moved to Lake Oswego and I went to Lake Oswego High School. And then finally I went…

— Karl Glusman

I had teachers in high school to point me in the direction of the University of Indiana School of Music, and after IU, I…

— Ailyn Perez

I'm from Washington state - a pretty small town there called Puyallup. I was really into the arts there. I sang in choirs and…

— Sarah Butler