“My DNA is a funny little dictator. It dictates that I will see the world through brown colored eyes, that my narrow hips will limit the range of my movements, that my features are too flat to show emotion, that my legs are too short to be graceful. It dictates that I will be too petite to stand out.

But most of all, my DNA dictates that I shouldn’t listen to little dictators.”

— Misa Kuranaga, the first Asian ballerina promoted to principal dancer for the San Francisco Ballet, and ambassador for SK-II’s Change Destiny Stories