Shout Outs

What Are People Saying about GROOVE NYC?

Jon Cortez
President, Reaching Untapped Networks Org

“Increasingly, young people are digitally connected but interpersonally disconnected. Maria Gutierrez's "GROOVEs" are a disruptive intervention aimed at redressing this lack of interpersonal connectedness.”

Racheal Mellissa (RachealEats) Plant-Based Holistic Nutritionist & Groover

“I just think it’s important for the world to get to know this section of—it’s therapeutic and everybody has stress and baggage. I think it’s very important to cleanse that… I just want to stress the important of releasing. If you can’t daily, at some point, a small period of GROOVE.”

Shakira Polanco
GROOVE Volunteer & Co-Facilitator

“My time at GrooveNYC has been phenomenal. I met Maria after a really bad anxiety attack at an art fair, nervous to approach anybody, she welcomed me with open arms, and we spent our time dancing, a testament to how groove helps free trapped emotions and bring out the inner you! I had the opportunity to work with Maria, and it’s an experience like no other! GrooveNyc means the world to me, and the mission to allow people to exist, release, and express is prominent in everything they do! Social emotional learning is an art not taught by all, but GrooveNyc makes it an experience.”