SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — Hurricane Maria has displaced thousands of Puerto Ricans. One of those is a 16-year-old ballet student. Unable to practice on the island, she took it upon herself to reach out to one of the world’s best schools, the San Francisco Ballet.
Iris Rocio Davila is on her own in the Bay Area, far from her home in a town called Vega Alta in Puerto Rico. It was her love for ballet that forced her to leave her island and her parents.
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“When the first week when my mom left, I was like, I’m doing this alone, ” said Rocio Davila who giggled at the thought of cooking for herself.
Iris had been training at two ballet schools in San Juan. But then last September, hurricane Maria changed everything for her and for millions of Puerto Ricans.
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