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As a celebrity fitness coach with 2.7 million Instagram followers, and having spent time as the face of CoverGirl cosmetics, Massy Arias is an inspiration to her fans. But getting to that space has not always been an easy journey.
At just 13 years old, Arias moved from the Dominican Republic to the United States and struggled to adjust to life in a foreign country.