Eilleen Mallary

Eilleen Mallary is the Executive Director for Culture Shock® Chicago, as well as being a company dancer for the past sixteen years. Eileen is also one of the most beloved YDP instructors for the DEAEF and has been with the program for over 12 years. She trained at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts and is a former company member with Clear Lake Metropolitan Ballet. With Culture Shock, she has performed extensively throughout Chicago, as well as touring the US and Canada. She assisted with and performed a flash mob for Pillsbury with gospel duo "Mary Mary" and has performed for many corporations such as Coca Cola, and Nike’s “Let’s Move” campaign launch with First Lady Michelle Obama and one of her most recent commercial choreography includes flash mobs Fresh Thyme Farmers Market. Her students and choreography have won National Championships and numerous awards. Eilleen is a passionate and dedicated teacher who strives to inspire and create positive change through dance. 

Coach Calvin Washington, an incredible mentor with the DEA Educational Foundation, has been coaching for three years! With a strong baseball background, Coach Calvin played throughout high school, competed in Legion Baseball, and has been an active player and commissioner in a men’s recreation league since 2014. His experience and passion for the game shine through and carry on to those he coaches in everything he does. Known for his patience, hands-on approach, and problem-solving skills, Coach Calvin is dedicated to helping young athletes work hard and grow in a sport he loves.

Michelle Vieira (Professora Trindade)

Michelle Vieira obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts at New York University Tisch School of the Arts. She then attended St. John’s University School of Law where she graduated cum laude and served as editor on the St. John’s Law Review. Upon graduation, Michelle worked at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP before starting a federal clerkship for the Honorable Joanna Seybert in the Eastern District of New York. Michelle is currently a director of compliance and privacy officer at Northwell Health. She previously worked as in-house counsel at a healthcare technology start-up where she advised on legal matters and implemented the company’s first compliance program. Prior to that, Michelle served as in house counsel for a specialty pharmacy and private equity fund. In her spare time, she volunteers as an executive director for a nonprofit arts organization that promotes Capoeira, an Afro-Brazilian art that merges dance, martial arts, music, and acrobatics into a graceful yet effective martial art. Enslaved Africans in Brazil used Capoeira as a means of self-defense against oppression. She is spearheading the Capoeira Center’s newest project where Capoeira will be used as a tool for empowering victims of abuse. She has taught Capoeira at New York University Tisch School of the Arts and teaches the Lawyering Seminar at CUNY School of Law.