Meet The Boxing Ballerina  

She is a graceful ballerina. Floats like a butterfly. She also throws a nice punch. Stings like a bee.

Meet Brijhana Epperson—an aspiring dancer and boxer, a true “Rising Star,” a little girl with big dreams.

Those dreams are being nurtured through the COMBAT-funded youth programs at the Whatsoever Community Center in Kansas City.

Bri envisions herself representing Team USA at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, then someday opening a combination dance studio/boxing gym called “B2,” short for The Boxing Ballerina. It'll be a place where girls will be taught dance and self-defense—to plié and to counterpunch.

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For Bri it's about seeking to become the greatest she can possibly be. She gives new meaning to "floats like a butterfly" as she pirouettes on her toes with boxing gloves on her hands—and a smile on her face.