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Here’s the first winning entry in our Boss of You book giveaway. Thanks, Julia!

Hi Madeleine and everyone at Lunapads!

I am a 25 year old dancer who is finally tired of working day jobs to make ends meet. My priorities became very clear when I became pregnant last October. I am expecting our bundle of joy on August 4, 2008. As a young woman training in dance 6 days a week in addition to working full time at a ballet academy, this pregnancy was a huge surprise and an emotional rollercoaster. With time, as I started to feel the baby, my maternal instincts kicked in and my whole perspective in life changed.

Before I became pregnant I didn’t want to teach dance. I just wanted to train and perform. But now with a baby coming, teaching in the evening while my partner takes care of the baby, became a very attractive option. With this in mind, at 6.5 months, I organized and taught a small workshop, and I absolutely LOVED teaching dance!

Teaching freelance is a small business, which I was always afraid of jumping into. Now I am ready to take all the skills that I learned working at the dance studio and give myself a career that allows me to spend time with my baby, and slowly build up towards having my own dance studio. Success encompasses a huge spectrum of areas. Most people would define success in regards of fame and fortune, but for me is having a career that I really love, being able to balance this career with my family, and very importantly, giving back to the community. I would like to make enough to be able to pay myself what I deserve, and be able to fund various not-for-profit programs. I dream about offering free after school dance and theatre classes for underprivileged youth, and a special free class for women who have suffered violence. In my personal experience, dance really helped me heal many wounds, and I feel responsible to gift this opportunity to those around me.

I can’t wait to read a copy of this book. Thanks for this great contest idea, and to everyone at Lunapads, for keeping women and the environment healthy!

Julia

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