It takes a lot of money to be a part of the ballet world. Both the training and the supplies are expensive, the shoes, the leotards and the tights.

I was aware of my race from a very young age. Not in a negative way. Coming from an interracial background, I think it is important to understand who you are.

I try to consider people's perspectives and not just my own.

For me, I was in school and I pushed myself to be a good student, just because that's the type of person I was, but I never had a connection to any of it. I don't think my brain functioned in a way that was at its height, when I was in school. I needed something like art to really value the way my mind works. I wasn't reaching my full potential by sitting in a classroom and reading from a book. My mind didn't work that way.

My goal has always been to be a principal dancer with ABT.

Physical fears change and shift depending on the role and depending on the mindset I'm in.

That it's possible to do positive things and I think that's how we're going to set an example to be respected as women in the world.