Matt graduated from NC State in 2013 and commissioned as an Officer in the U.S. Army. Matt completed his training at Fort Benning, GA and was stationed at Fort Bragg, NC with the legendary 82nd Airborne Division. In late 2015, Matt was diagnosed with cancer. He went through multiple surgeries, radiation, and was later medically retired from the Army. Matt has returned to NCSU and is finishing a Master of Physiology. In his spare time, he is reading about oncology and studying immunology, and will soon be applying to medical schools. Matt is intensely passionate about helping future patients overcome their cancer. He uses his cancer story to emphasize and provide hope for his friends and their children who are currently battling cancer. Matt loves to dance and you can find him on the dance floor either dancing salsa or playing the congas to the salsa rhythm.

Darryl C. Zeldin, M.D., is a physician-scientist who lives in Chapel Hill, NC. Dr. Zeldin received his medical degree from Indiana University, completed an Internal Medicine Residency at Duke University Medical Center, and a Fellowship in Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine at Vanderbilt University. He is an internationally recognized physician – scientist who directs a large research program at the National Institute of Health (NIH), which involves both basic and clinical studies. He is also a faculty member at Duke University Medical Center and the University of North Carolina. Dr. Zeldin is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Pulmonary Medicine, and is an elected member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation and American Association of Physicians. He has co-authored over 300 research articles and his work has been cited over 20,000 times. His research has also been featured on NPR, Good Morning America, USA Today, US News and World Report, PBS, and on other nationally recognized media venues. In his part time, he loves to dance (Latin and Ballroom)

Jenny Geska, current owner of Aura Dance Studio and Triangle Dancers, and director for the Raleigh/Durham branch of the NC Brazilian Arts Project, has over 20 years of technical dance and ballroom training, and brings over 12 years of professional performance, teaching, and choreography experience to her dance studio.  She is also one of two organizers and promoters for BailaCura, an annual non-profit congress and festival in Raleigh that donates all of it’s profits
to help fund children’s cancer research. events.