Lexie grew up in the Chicago area. But probably not the Chicago you picture.
“I grew up in the northern suburbs of Chicago,” she says. “My hometown is Lindenhurst, it’s very small.”
And she’s not kidding. The latest census has the population of Lindenhurst at less than 15,000 people. Not exactly a thriving metropolis. But for Lexie, it had everything she needed – most of all a dance studio.
“I started dancing when I was three years old,” she says.
Her first performance got off to a shaky start.