Photo Credit: Reina Bonta
Árboles was focusing on her senior thesis , hired an agent and was all in on her career goal of becoming a performer. Until the pandemic changed everything. She leaned into her discomfort, put her original career goals on the side, and started giving people online yoga classes and pole dancing lessons for free, via Instagram Lives.
Árboles has learned the power of positive affirmations, which is also part of the curriculum at MBSC . Today, MBSC’s following and reach are global, and the collective has become a border and boundary-breaking phenomenon, with members in more than 48 countries including Canada, Australia, France, Netherlands, New Zealand. There is also high staying power within the community: the majority of MBSC members — over 60% to be exact — are repeat subscribers.
In the most magical of full circle moments, Árboles recently attended her Yale graduation ceremony on campus — exactly two years after her ‘cap and gown twirl on the pole’ moment went viral on social.