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Prima Ballerina Misty Copeland Book Signing
Andrea Stewart-Cousins
September 16, 2015
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(White Plains - September 13th) Senator Stewart-Cousins met prima ballerina Misty Copeland during a book signing in White Plains. Copeland has written about her experience breaking barriers and dancing her way to the top. Misty is the first African-American female principal dancer for the American Ballet Theatre.
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