My first ballet class was on a basketball court. I'm in my gym clothes and my socks trying to do this thing called ballet.

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

My career came together very quickly. I only trained for four years before I became a professional, so I didn't have a lot of time to sit back and be inspired before I took my first ballet class.

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

My first ballet class was on a basketball court. I'm in my gym clothes and my socks trying to do this thing called ballet.

Meeting Raven Wilkinson and having her as a mentor, it was that kind of support from the generations that came before me that helped to lift me up and give me the confidence to then be able to give back and bring other minorities with me on this journey.

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.