Tori Cignarella

Staying with my younger years, I should be transparent in saying that I was not always the spunky, happy-go-lucky kid. As we’ve all learned, the media is powerful, and without even realizing it, it got to me at a young age. I used to sit in front of my bedroom mirror, and drag my cheeks…

When I was no more than four-years-old, my mom put me in dance classes. I don’t really remember the early years of dance (naturally, I was three.) I know I was put in some ballet and jazz classes, parading around in black and pink outfits. There is a picture somewhere in my parent’s house of…