I know that I'll forever be involved in ballet. This is where my life was meant to be, and I don't see myself straying completely away, ever.

Ballet was exactly what I was searching for, but my environment definitely made me the dancer and the person that I am today. And the Hip-Hop culture was a big part of it.

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.

Going on stage and doing ballet, for the first time, was even more verification of, "This is what I'm meant to do. This is what I'm going to do. I'm going to make it somehow."

When I was younger, my feet would hurt a lot, but you build up calluses and strength and you don't feel as much pain there.

Going on stage and transcending the audience and becoming this otherworldly thing makes you a dancer. It's not so black and white.

You can dream big and it doesn't matter what you look like, where you come from.