When people meet me in person, they're usually surprised at how petite I am because there's this idea that because I'm black, I just look a certain way.

It's a European art form, and you're used to seeing a certain type of person as a ballerina. And I don't look like a lot of the girls around me.

All you can do is be your best self. I've always felt that I had to be that much more aware of how I present myself. I'm representing more than just me. I think every person should think that way.

What we do to ourselves to look a certain way is crazy.

My music confuses people because they think I will sound a certain way because I look a certain way with the dreads.

My curves became an integral part of who I am as a dancer, not something I needed to lose to become one.