13-year-old enjoys sharing her culture through Mexican dance

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Posted on: April 30th, 2008
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“Brenda Estrada, 13, embraces the exhilarating beat of Mexican folkloric dance.

The vivacious seventh-grader practices the traditional dances of Jalisco, Sinaloa and Veracruz, all states in Mexico, at least four nights a week in her family’s trailer home.

“I want to share my culture with others,” she said. “I try to get as much time in dancing as I can on my break and still have to come and eat.””*

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