‪Misty Copeland

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

‪Misty Copeland, 32 years old, "an unlikely ballerina," who went from poverty to making history, as "only the second black woman in the history of the American Ballet Theatre to gain the status of soloist."

Today, she was named the first black female principal dancer in American Ballet Theater's 75 year history.