Torinae Norman has participated in numerous community programs such as the following: 1 Love Louisville Youth Implementation Team, UCREW Social Entrepreneurship Program at the Muhammad Ali Center, Studio 2000 Art Program, Academy of Music Production Education and Development (AMPED), The Teen Leadership Council (TLC) at The Louisville Central Community Center, The First Tee of Louisville golf program, Mayor Fischer’s Summerworks program, Project Ready at the Louisville Urban League, Artsreach with the Kentucky Center For the Performing Arts, Youth/Black Achievers of Louisville at the Chestnut St. YMCA, and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Kentuckiana. Torinae enjoys helping in and outside of her community through community service projects and volunteering. She stays in contact with many community leaders and youth that want to create a better tomorrow in this city and in the world. In other words, she is a very innovative and optimistic person. She hopes that her journey through college will lead her to a better understanding of her craft and how the world works. Seeing all the violence and dysfunction in Louisville, Kentucky inspires her to become a person that will not only make a change in her home, but also in the world. While living in Louisville, Torinae has come to appreciate the many people that live there. Torinae strives to become a person that others can look up to. Torinae’s dream is to travel the world spreading the joy that is contained within her. She wants to show how art (both performing and visual) can bring the world together.
“If not you, then who, “If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run
If not now, then when?” then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl,
-Author Unknown but whatever you do you have to keep
moving forward” -Martin Luther King Jr.
These are some of the quotes that Torinae lives by and takes to heart. She believes that if one person doesn’t step up to the plate and even attempt to make a change, then who will. It takes that one snowball to create an avalanche of positive change that our world needs to see. In the fall, Torinae will be attending Manhattan School of Music with a major in Musical Theatre.