Kai’s kind first…but fierce always! She’s obsessed with dance, but also with hard work…with learning her craft…and with making others smile!
You decide who will be named Youth Athlete of the Year to take home $25,000 and represent 3Brand in Sports Illustrated and on CBS
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Making other people happy. Period.
First and foremost, her brother Zane (a Special Olympics Athlete and also a dancer), her Mom & Dad, her extended family, her Van der Zwaan dance family, Elise Gross, Maddie, Thea, and Miro "Roux Stunna" Kidd. But off the court, her idols are Misty Copeland, Debbie Allen, the late Gregory Hines, Derek Hough, Julianne Hough, Miyu Pranoto, Sylvie Win Szyndlar…and of course, Harry Styles.
When Kai won her first dance scholarship at the 2025 Embody Dance Competition in San Francisco!
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