Her father was shot dead, her mother starved to death. Then she was plucked from war-torn Sierra Leone by a U.S woman. But most staggering of all, tonight Michaela will appear on the New York stage in Swan Lake. Michaela DePrince’s father was shot by rebels when she was three. Her mother later died of … Continue reading Teenage ballerina orphaned war torn Sierra Leone fulfills childhood dream takes New York stage Swan Lake