Dancer and entrepreneur empowers young people through arts and media

In 2008, Tamaira Sandifer hit rock bottom. Amid the financial crisis, Sandifer lost the building that housed her dance studio, and nearly lost the business itself. There were also devastating personal challenges. Her marriage fell apart, and her daughter nearly drowned in the bathtub, leading to a difficult, years-long recovery. Roughly $600,000 dollars in debt and nearly homeless, she turned to public assistance to get by – and learned that, to qualify, she had to look for employment or...