Cheryl Ku is a young, 16-year-old dancer whose dance education began at the age of eight. Initially training in the style of Chinese folkloric dance, the focus of her dance training quickly shifted to ballet, then contemporary dance. Cheryl has since furthered her dance training at Yaya Dance Academy and most recently, her school’s dance team, Diamond Bar Dance Company. In recent years, her dance training has led Cheryl to winning herself a multitude of awards, including Top 12 in Junior Contemporary at the prestigious Youth American Grand Prix competition, as well as Advanced Overall First Place at the Showstopper national competition tour.

In the beginning of 2022, Cheryl founded Bridges Dance Project, an organization with the goal of inspiring youth through dance performance and ultimately aiming to bridge the gap between socioeconomic groups via dance. With this goal in mind, Cheryl partnered with the San Musae Cultural Center to put on the “Dream Bridges” fundraiser recital, in which she and her dancer raised over $5,000 for the students of the Pomona Hope Community Center.