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

Without my mentors there is no Misty.

I think that training is the key, definitely, and I devoted my life to it.

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.

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.

Once I became a professional, maybe 19 or 20, I really started to try to figure out who I was, as a woman and as an individual.

I remind myself everyday just how lucky I am to do what I love! I feel so fortunate and I'm just trying to take my life one day at a time.