Take advantage of the resources around you and the relationships you build!

I think I'm pretty laid back. I like cooking, being at home, and going to concerts. And I love to shop!

In a ballet company, you're trying to create unison and uniform when you're in a cour de ballet.

Everything I was being shown was ABT, so I grew up watching these videos of [Mikhail] Baryshnikov, Gelsey [Kirkland] and Paloma [Herrera]. Paloma and Angel [Corella] were the first people I ever saw dance live.

I've gotten nothing but warmth from the Black community and positive feedback.

I will never reach perfection.

Ballet found me. I was discovered by a teacher in middle school. I always danced, my whole life. I never had any training, never was exposed to seeing dance, but I always had something inside of me.