Michaela DePrince experiences a life that not every girl experiences. What would one feel if everywhere one looked someone died. DePrince says “It’s a miracle I am even here.” DePrice did not grow up like any ordinary girl. Others also called her the devil child because she grew up with a very rare disease. Later, Michaela’s life gets better in a surprising way. In the book “Taking Flight” by Elaine DePrince it is all about how Michaela went from a war orphan to a star ballerina. Through the experience of an orphan to a star ballerina one learns that don’t stop believing and always chase your dreams.
Michaela DePrince is a girl who was born in Sierra Leone in 1995. Her parents named her Mabinty, but after they both died during the civil war, …show more content…
She believes it was soon after witnessing the killing of her teacher that she stumbled upon something that was to shape the rest of her life - a discarded magazine. On its cover was a photograph of a beautiful ballerina on pointe. Once Michaela saw this she found hope and determination to one day become just like that ballerina.
Soon after the discovery of the magazine, an American family adopted Michaela, and she became the eighth of their eleven children, nine of whom were adopted. An American woman, Elaine DePrince, had come to the camp to adopt child number twenty six, now called Mia. For a moment, Michaela was upset because she believed that all the other children would be taken to new homes and she would be left behind. When the Aunties told Elaine DePrince that Michaela was unlikely to find another home, she decided to adopt both girls.
However, Michaela’s new parents recognized her talent for ballet. They enrolled her in ballet classes and supported her passion for the art. While attending the Rock School for Dance Education in Philadelphia and the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School at the American Ballet Theatre, Michaela worked hard to develop her skills so that she could keep on living her dream and do what she has always wanted to do. She did not give up and kept fighting for what she wanted to
Michaela DePrince is a girl who was born in Sierra Leone in 1995. Her parents named her Mabinty, but after they both died during the civil war, …show more content…
She believes it was soon after witnessing the killing of her teacher that she stumbled upon something that was to shape the rest of her life - a discarded magazine. On its cover was a photograph of a beautiful ballerina on pointe. Once Michaela saw this she found hope and determination to one day become just like that ballerina.
Soon after the discovery of the magazine, an American family adopted Michaela, and she became the eighth of their eleven children, nine of whom were adopted. An American woman, Elaine DePrince, had come to the camp to adopt child number twenty six, now called Mia. For a moment, Michaela was upset because she believed that all the other children would be taken to new homes and she would be left behind. When the Aunties told Elaine DePrince that Michaela was unlikely to find another home, she decided to adopt both girls.
However, Michaela’s new parents recognized her talent for ballet. They enrolled her in ballet classes and supported her passion for the art. While attending the Rock School for Dance Education in Philadelphia and the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School at the American Ballet Theatre, Michaela worked hard to develop her skills so that she could keep on living her dream and do what she has always wanted to do. She did not give up and kept fighting for what she wanted to