On this episode of LA Stories, Debbie Allen sits down with Giselle Fernandez.

"I am so happy that I am alive every day and I celebrate that," the Hollywood icon said.

Allen is an Emmy-award winning choreographer, director of the Debbie Allen Dance Academy, and executive producer/director of Grey’s Anatomy.

New episodes of LA Stories with Giselle Fernandez premiere Mondays at 9 p.m. on Spectrum News 1.