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Refugee Ballerina Makes It on the World's Stage [VIDEO]

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on November 18 2013 11:33 AM

Michaela Deprince tells her fascinating story of triumph. After losing her family in the civil war in Sierra Leone, she is adopted by an American woman, altering her life forever.

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