A North Hollywood studio owner and her young daughter are buzzing with excitement after they participated in the performance of a lifetime alongside global superstar Bad Bunny.
Stephanie Stevenson is the owner of Stephanie Stevenson Latin Dance Studio, where she offers variations of salsa lessons for adults and kids. She says she hasn’t seen the dancers at her studio for nearly a month, since she’s been rehearsing to perform in the Super Bowl Halftime show with Bad Bunny.
“When I went out there in the stadium, I was like, ‘Whoa,’ because I never danced in front of that many people,” said Jade San Pedro, Stevenson’s 10-year-old daughter.
The mother-daughter duo received private invitations to audition and they spent weeks rehearsing for the big moment.
“I have big dreams, but this surpassed all of my dreams,” Stevenson said. “This is like we are floating. We are floating today.”
Stevenson said she was immensely proud to participate in the momentous occasion not only as her profession, but also as her role as a mother.
“To do it as a dancer and get this opportunity is one thing, but to get it as a mother and my daughter is a dancer, it’s just something else,” she said.
“I was so happy to do it with my mom,” San Pedro added.
Jean Paul San Pedro, Stevenson’s husband, was home in Los Angeles watching his wife and daughter on television. He said the pride he has in them is nearly indescribable.
“When she popped up on that screen, I mean, it’s like everything leaves your body,” he said. “You can’t believe it.”
Stevenson said she had the added honor of representing the country of her parents’ nationality.
“I come from parents who immigrated here from Chile,” she said. “I carried the Chilean flag at the Super Bowl. For us, it’s everything.”
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