Why Ballerina Misty Copeland Is Our Hero (and Should Be Yours)

We're happy to present this article from our partners at Yahoo Shine. Biography is not destiny. Misty Copeland's inspiring new memoir, "Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina," chronicles her improbable path to becoming one of the world's elite dancers and the first African American in 20 years to be a soloist with the world renowned American Ballet Theater, and only the second in its history. Now 31, she describes in the book everything she overcame to get here: how when she was 2, her mother, S...