Jillian Mercado with Kay Gayner and Agnes McConlogue Ferro of the National Dance Institute

We launch our second season with actress, model, and disability activist Jillian Mercado in conversation with two of her mentors from National Dance Institute: Artistic Director Kay Gayner, who is responsible for the direction of NDI’s In-School Program, which currently serves approximately 6,500 children in New York City schools; and Agnes McConlogue Ferro, a pediatric clinical specialist in physical therapy who, with Ms. Gayner, co-created and co-directs the NDI DREAM Project (Dancers Realize Excellence through Arts and Movement): an inclusion-based movement program focusing on collaboration and participation. Follow Jillian Mercado: IG @jillianmercado Follow National Dance Institute: IG @nationaldanceinstitute X @nationaldance www.nationaldance.org