‘Medicine And Joy’; Dancer Olivia Hutcherson Inspires Students With Her Optimism After Breast Cancer Diagnosis

NEW JERSEY (CBSNewYork) — A bright, young dancer is fighting her way back to health after a devastating cancer diagnosis.

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Now, she’s inspiring young students with her optimism and talent, CBS2’s Jessica Layton reported.

“It is one low followed by another high, and I’m just grateful to be here, honestly,” Olivia Hutcherson said.

After years dancing alongside the hottest celebrities, Hutcherson now works with little stars.

“The day I shaved my head, they kissed my head. Yeah, they’re medicine,” said Hutcherson.

They are the brightest part of her day. A dark diagnosis six years ago on her 26th birthday could’ve shattered her spirit.

“The first time I ever heard Stage Four, I felt like I couldn’t breathe and I just remember feeling like, God, I don’t want to die,” Hutcherson said.

Hutcherson, 32, vowed she would survive. But breast cancer sidelined her promising professional dancing career.

“I just remember laying in bed, thinking if I’m not my hair and I’m not my body and I’m not my title, because I couldn’t dance, I remember thinking, ‘What am I?'” said Hutcherson.

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