GISELE FERNANDA SAID: "I’m tired of believing that I can’t because I’m black. I can do anything."

Since I was little I’ve thought about this. My parents always alerted me to things I would have to confront in my life and the few chances that I would have because of my color. One time, waiting for my sister to take the vestibulinho [SAT-type college entrance exam], I was talking to a girl and when I mentioned that my two girls took ballet for many years, what I heard was that I shouldn’t continue with this dream for my girls because people of color don’t have any future in this field.