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Tell us about your dance style or inspiration:

My dance style is girly mixed with edginess. I like to dance to throwback 2000s music but I can still get down with today’s women empowerment music. My dance inspiration has always been Paris goebel. Her versatility and ability to mix styles beyond just hip hop is so inspiring. My style is very diverse as it gives a mix of all different hip hop genres within it.

How would being in Ciara's music video impact your life?

Being in Ciara’s music video would absolutely change my life and my family’s life. Growing up we didn’t have money for me to be in dance until I was around 11 years old. It was a struggle dancing with kids who already had been in dance since they were in diapers. I didn’t let that stop me. I had to take twice as many classes as everyone else to become the dancer I am today. In the studio I never had a solo still to this day. I use my experience to inspire my own students

What would you do with the $20,000?

If I won the prize money I would give half of it to my mother’s non profit organization Bread of Life Foundation. We feed families on Long Island New York and give to them during the holidays season with gifts for children and food. My mom has this passion to help people and I know if she had the money she’d use it for the cause. The rest of the money would go towards me opening up a facility for kids to dance at that isn’t a committed studio. Where choreographers can rent spac