Misty Copeland was introduced to ballet at an after school program. She began taking dance classes at age 13, attending the San Pedro Dance Center. After only three months of training, she was able to dance en pointe, which I find to be impressive. She eventually went on to be a principal with the American Ballet Theatre, where she is still dancing. She is an exquisite dancer, and a beautiful person. Without encouragement and intervention along the way, she may never have became the wonderful dancer she is today. The subtitle of her book, "an unlikely ballerina", absolutely makes sense after reading it.