is from California where she trained on scholarship at the School of San Jose Cleveland Ballet.  She has been accepted to programs such as ABT, Joffrey, and Houston Ballet where she studied on scholarship and was asked to join HBII. While a student at Ballet San Jose, she became a trainee, performed with the second company, and was invited to join as an apprentice in 2004. She later accepted a scholarship to The Boston Conservatory as a Jan Veen Dance Scholar where she graduated magna cum lade in 2008 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. There she performed soloist roles in an array of pieces including Martha Graham’s Night Journey and Antony Tudor’s Dark Elegies. She currently is a member of BalletRox and serves on the dance faculty at The Tony Williams Dance Center.