Ballet was so structured. I'd been craving something that could guide me.

All you can do is be your best self. I'm representing more than just me. I think everyone should be like that.

It's time to write our own story.

Perseverance has always just been something that was in me. And it was a tool that came in very handy as a ballerina.

Ballet found me, I guess you could say. 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. I would love to choreograph and dance around.

Finding ballet was like finding this missing piece of myself.