Retrieved and Translated from gshow.globo.com
At the age of 8, she joined a social dance project, where she met her friend Eva – and, over the years, she began to realize that this was where she could change her life. “The classes were after school, I think it was a way for my mother to keep me busy. And it was very important in my life, because art gave me many skills. I took dance classes in different techniques, learned how to apply makeup, took English and theater courses... My first international trip was there.”
“Dancing gave me a new perspective on life, and I understood that I didn’t need to live in that small world, that I could go much further. It really broke this paradigm of thinking that poor people have a certain image and are completely different from what people see and expect.”[1]
