At 13, Stefan Arriscorreta, has found his passion - ballet. He spends most of his time outside of school dancing, and hopes to get a scholarship to college for ballet, and maybe one day dance professionally. He is the only boy in all of his classes, and has, as he says, gotten "a bit of grief about my passions. But he doesn't let it phase him - "I love being original. I kind of like being the odd man out. It's fun." Stefan told me a story about how he was asked one time why he chose ballet over a more traditional sport like football. He grinned at me - sitting there next to me wearing a t-shirt that read "real men do ballet" - and says he replied by saying, "Well, I'm the only boy in a roomful of 20 girls. Mama didn't raise no fool."
For the full story for the Herald that I wrote that went along with the photos, go HERE
