Thank you, Ted, for hosting such a lovely memorial. As many people said, being a student of Nathalie’s was an immersive experience (never limited to just the classroom), and I learned so much from her. I was her ballet student in the 2000s. One favorite memory I have is when she decided to come with me to my family vacation home in Mississippi after attending the International Ballet Competition in Jackson. I was 16 at the time, and the two of us road tripped in her silver minivan (one of the many cars named “Sammie”) down to Mississippi, where she taught me how to make custard and peach pie and to properly dry out the dishes before putting them away. Despite our age difference, she always treated me as an equal and a friend. My favorite performance was a solo from Les Sylphides; she cast me perfectly since I was long, lanky, and slow, and she was still proud of me for that solo, almost 15 years later. After I graduated high school, her and Victor’s love of travel and curiosity about the world guided my career path. I studied abroad in Ghana because of her and pursued a degree in political science and economics with her encouragement. We kept in touch through phone calls, letters, visits, and she even flew out to DC to visit and see the Mariinsky Ballet with me in 2019. Thank you, Ted and the rest of Nathalie’s family for sharing her with us. She touched so many lives, and we’ll miss her dearly.