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.

The higher you go up in rank, usually the longer you can dance.

Hopefully, I'll be a part of ABT, in some way, forever. I think I'll always be a part of ballet and try to push diversity, for as long as I live.

How difficult it is to exist, that we are athlete and artist. We have injuries. People don't see the hard side of being a ballerina. They just see this beautiful and effortless thing, and they assume it's easy and cute. I hate when people say it's cute!

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.

I definitely like to be natural and more relaxed and not wear a lot of makeup.

The best piece of advice that I remember probably on a daily basis is to accept everything about me that is different. That is what makes me special.