A lot of people think, "Oh I'm going to eat whatever I want and then go to the gym." And I've definitely been one of those people and it just doesn't give me the results that I need to have the physique of a ballerina.

Without my mentors there is no Misty.

I do think that it's a responsibility when there are so few of us as African Americans to kind of get to that place of success in a positive light. We should take a stance and stand for something and use that platform for positivity.

I know I will never let myself be complacent in life.

I absolutely love what I do, and I want to dance for as long as I can and feel good about what I am putting out there on the stage.

I know that most of the time I have to work overtime to do everything that I want to.

When you see the body outside of a costume and see the strength that it takes, people would look at dance a different way and see how athletic it is. You're not just born like that.