I always tell my students that I dream bigger for them than I do for myself, and that’s the truth. - Abby Lee Miller

My days were filled with U.S. history and algebra. My nights were spent with history of movement and petite allegros. I might have been your average student during my typical school day, but after school, I was quickly becoming a master teacher. While my friends were looking for a future career in the guidance counselor’s office, I was proving to my colleagues that I had already found my true vocation.

Every child in South Florida can dance. And every child there is amazing.

they can’t afford it, they don’t want to say they can’t afford it — they’re too embarrassed — so they make up other excuses to cover the financial issue, like they didn’t like their costumes, or they didn’t like their solos, or they didn’t win, or they’re always in the back of the group.