\n\tPerhaps what\u2019s most interesting about Rosario\u2019s nonprofit is that it\u2019s not<\/em> dance-based. Instead, she spoke with the New York City Housing Authority to zero in on residents\u2019 needs. \u201cI told them, \u2018We want to support you. What can we do?\u2019 \u201d\n<\/p>\n \n\tA string of initiatives soon followed: Residents donated items for a school-supply drive in the fall and fulfilled 300 winter wishes for holiday gifts. At Thanksgiving, the nonprofit partnered with S\u2019MAC, a mac \u2018n\u2019 cheese shop owned by one of her neighbors, and New York City councilmen to raise funds and distribute 750 meals throughout the East Village and Lower East Side.\n<\/p>\n \n\tRosario is extremely passionate about The Good Neighbor Collective\u2019s education and empowerment initiatives, including virtual career days, which have connected professionals from Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village with nearly 300 middle- and high-school students.\n<\/p>\n \n\tEarlier this year, Rosario encouraged Beam Living, StuyTown\u2019s property management company, to host a job-shadowing program. \u201cThey opened up their doors for low-income college students to spend a week observing and learning from varied professionals there.\u201d Now, many of those students are applying for internships with Beam Living. \u201cIt\u2019s another way to give access to students who generally don\u2019t have a network to be part of a company\u2019s hiring pool,\u201d she says. Rosario hopes to expand the job-shadowing program to include companies with employees who live in StuyTown.\n<\/p>\n \n\tDuring Black History Month, the nonprofit is giving the gift of reading by raising money<\/a> to purchase books by Black authors from Harlem\u2019s Sister\u2019s Uptown<\/a> book store. Age-appropriate selections, for infants to adults, will be distributed to residents in nearby public housing units.\n<\/p>\n \n\tGiven the breadth of projects her nonprofit has done, Rosario says, \u201cI keep thinking, How do I bring it back to dance? Whether it\u2019s a dance program that I create post-COVID or I don\u2019t, I feel like, for me, it\u2019s always been important to be a human first before an artist.\u201d\n<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cIn the dance community, we\u2019re so entrenched in our own world because we\u2019re so passionate about it,\u201d she says. \u201cBut there\u2019s also something about the world outside of dance and letting that fuel our work, so that ultimately we\u2019re able to reach different audiences. Even though I\u2019ve been teaching virtually, I know that this is going to have a deep impact on the way that I create, the way that I communicate and develop as an artist.\u201d\n<\/p>\n \n\tRosario draws connections between her methods as an artist and her nonprofit work. \u201cThe way that I choreograph and teach, community-building has always been at the forefront,\u201d she says. \u201cAs dancers, our skills are transferable\u2014there\u2019s so much that we can do.\u201d\n<\/p>\n \n\tThe Good Neighbor Collective\u2019s next project will employ the expertise of former HR professionals. Through career-readiness workshops for youth and young adults, they\u2019ll lend help with resum\u00e9s, cover letters and interview prep.\n<\/p>\n \n\tAs the dance world starts to reopen, Rosario plans to continue her nonprofit with additional support from volunteers. 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The Impact on Her Art<\/h3>\n