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" Eating is a necessity but a pleasure as well. "
Pleasure
Eating
Necessity
" I come from strong people who believe in the freedom of expression and, of course, a culture that believes in that. So the idea of overcoming adversity is something that is not unfamiliar. "
Adversity
Strong
Freedom
" I grew up in a household that had its roots in church and community and culture and poetry and song and in the arts. Those aspects certainly shaped what I do. "
Community
Song
Poetry
" I grew up in a very spiritual home in a Liberty City neighborhood of Miami, FL. I was raised in the church, and my mother was a very inspirational person in my life. "
Home
Inspirational
Life
" I never expected to go to Juilliard. When they came recruiting in Miami, I auditioned. I got a scholarship. "
Miami
Go
Got
" I remember the Food Network when it was first starting out: Emeril Lagasse and all those people who helped make it when it was on a shoestring budget. It actually encouraged me to start cooking. "
Cooking
Food
Start
" I studied dance at a high school arts magnet program before moving on to Miami's New World School of the Arts, and from there, I went on to study at The Juilliard School. "
Moving
World
School
" I studied martial arts before I studied dance. "
Dance
Arts
Before
" I wanted to be an Ailey dancer. I would watch Alvin Ailey videos over and over, and I'd picture myself doing that. I was obsessed with it. "
Doing
Watch
Picture
" My first professional relationship, I danced with the Parsons Dance Company, and David Parsons, my former boss, allowed me to choreograph on the company. "
Dance
Me
Boss
" Performing abroad is ambassadorial. "
Performing
Abroad
" Reflection is not something you have a lot of time for. "
Time
Something
Reflection
" Seeing 'Revelations' made me want to be a professional dancer. "
Want
Professional
Me
" There's a part of me that never felt my mother abandoned me. I always felt that she did the right thing. "
Always
Me
The Right Thing
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