For many of us, there seems to always be this lingering feeling of being evaluated by people in our past because they have only ever known one side of us. It feels as if we owe them an explanation as to how we got here, filling in the gaps of our drastically changing life choices. The people who have known us the longest often have a more difficult time accepting our growth. Those worth your time and energy need not know how you got here, but can celebrate you wholly as you are today.

I’ve been dancing my whole life because my parents actually met in a dance company. My dad founded a Balkan dance company in the 70s. My mom did Ballet growing up and through college and then auditioned for the dance company and so they met there... When I was born, I basically started out right in rehearsal, a little baby on the side.