My name is Lucie Scantlebury! I’m Sacramento born and raised and this is my second semester at Sacramento City College. I grew up in the Oak Park area of Sacramento with my mom who is a third grade teacher. My whole life has been just my mom and I, against the world. Growing up with a single mom with a teacher’s salary was not always great, but I think I turned out okay.
At age two and a half my mom put me in a ballet class where I soon found my passion for dance. I started competitive dance at age nine and finished out at seventeen. My whole adolescent life was dedicated to dancing seven days a week, up to eight hours a day. My dance studio, Leighton Dance Project, was very competitive so my sophomore year of high school I started online, independent study through Visions In Education. Most of my dance friends also did online school because we were always at the studio rehearsing. I graduated from Visions In Education with the class of 2019.
I feel I have always had a “gift” for the arts. In middle school, I attended Natomas Charter Performing and Fine Arts Academy where I got to study dance, visual arts, acting, and music. Though I mainly focused on dance throughout my childhood, I’ve been trying to get back into other art forms. Currently, I want to pursue a career in Interior Design, which I believe is a stem of the visual arts.
As far as my “struggles” go, I think I’ve lived a pretty content life, though my younger childhood years were difficult. When I was two or three, my dad had a progressing drug addiction, so my mom kicked him out. My mom and I moved from apartment to apartment while struggling to pay rent, pay for food, etc. As soon as I got serious with dance, I was too busy to focus on any negativity in my life.
In 2018, I got my first job at Raley’s! I started as a bagger then got promoted after a few months as a cashier. Working my first job allowed me to buy my first car and pay my car insurance. When I promoted to a cashier, my hours increased to about full time depending on the week. On average I worked 35-40 hours a week then went to class at night. I kept that up until December of 2019, when I quit Raley’s to work at Jack’s Urban Eats. Moving to Jack’s allowed me to work evenings and on weekends so I could take classes during the day.
Currently I am still working at Jack’s about 30 hours a week, and taking 13 units at Sac City.
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