The White House honored the L.A. based arts program “Everybody Dance” yesterday with the National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award, the nation's highest honor in that category. First Lady Michelle Obama presented the award to “Everybody Dance” founder Liza Bercovici, who created the inner-city youth program as part of the Gabriella Axelrad Education Foundation, an organization she founded in memory of her 13-year-old daughter who was tragically killed in a biking accident while vacationing with her family in 1999.
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