Rising Stars: Meet Maria And Josue Cordoba of West Palm Beach
Hi Maria and Josue, thanks for joining us today. We’d love for you to start by introducing yourself.
Our story began long before the accident that changed everything on May 1st, 2015. In fact, it all started with dance, the very thing that brought us together.
I’m Maria Hernandez, and dance has been a part of my life since I was a child. My father used to tell me how, as a baby, I would turn up the music, and bounce and shake my booty to the rhythm of the music, no matter how loud it was. Growing up in Colombia, surrounded by family parties and vibrant culture, dance was always around me. But it wasn’t until I moved to the U.S. that I truly discovered my passion for it. The Hip Hop dance community, I found at 16, became my refuge, filling a void left by the move and giving me a sense of belonging in a place where I initially felt like an outsider.