A little over a year ago my fiancé gifted me a gift certificate at a local dance studio in Philly. It was my Christmas present to be used for five hip hop dance classes per my request. Fast forward to exactly …

I grew up in a pretty sheltered environment void of diversity. My entire graduating high school class was white,  all of my friends and my families friends were also white and I never traveled outside of a trip to Disney …

I remember being 8-years old with my Get in Shape Girl mat, headband and jumprope. (Where are my 80’s babies?!)  I remember sweat pouring from my prepubescent armpits and thinking that kids shouldn’t be that stinky. I loved working out. It …