I consider myself an actress first, a dancer second, and a singer third. Why? Because the dancer needs a reason to move—that’s the actor informing the dancer. So I worked on my acting and gradually developed a singing voice.

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"My mother gave me my drive, but my father gave me my dreams."

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Love

"Bleeding feet will bond us."

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Adversity

"Don’t listen to anyone who doesn’t know how to dream."

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Belief in Self

"My father gave me my dreams. Thanks to him, I could see a future."

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Aspirations

"I learned at a very young age how to pick up steps. This gave me a great advantage later on. I could learn choreography very quickly."

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Determination

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"If the decisions you make about where you invest your blood, sweat, and tears are not consistent with the person you aspire to be, you’ll never become that person."

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"I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself."

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"The two most important days in your life are the day you’re born and the day you find out why."

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