From Laverne Cox becoming the first openly transgender person to be nominated for a Primetime Emmy to Ava DuVernay being the first Black woman director with a budget of over $100 million: we’re celebrating Black Excellence.

Meet 11-year-old Charlotte Nebres, the first Black ballerina to lead the New York City Ballet’s production of “George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker” as the young heroine, Marie.