Hannah G-W

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Hannah “G-W” George-Wheeler is a Vermont native who started her career as a gymnast before becoming a cultural ambassador through exchange programs in Costa Rica, Spain, and France. Fluent in Spanish and French, G-W earned her bachelor’s degree in French Literature with a minor in anthropology from George Washington University. While there, she competed with GWU’s hip hop dance team, Capital Funk. In 2010, she joined Urban Artistry, Inc./Assassins Crew, where she developed skills in breaking, house dance, and whacking under the mentorship of Junious Brickhouse. As a community builder, G-W has taken conflict transformation courses, taught dance classes, and worked on cultural preservation projects. She participates in local and international community events, notably, in 2018 she won second place in the Ladies of Hip Hop Breakin’ Competition in New York and hosted the ABYSS Qualifier as part of the CLASHcph Urban Dance Festival in Copenhagen. For the last three years, she has also taught at the Augusta Heritage Festival in West Virginia.