As a Southern California native, I was exposed to classical ballet at the tender of age of 3. But it wasn’t until I was 8 years old that I truly committed myself to training, which later allowed me the opportunity to move to San Francisco at 16 to join the San Francisco Ballet School’s Trainee Program.

After becoming a professional with the San Francisco Ballet and dancing as a corps de ballet member for 7 seasons, my husband and I moved to the East Bay in 2017 to continue dancing for a smaller company, Diablo Ballet, as well as transition into more teaching.

The life of a professional ballet dancer may appear glamorous! However, with beauty, there’s also sacrifice and pain. After suffering through many seasons of injury, one of my worst accidents happened in February of 2019, causing me to have to undergo surgery. However, it was through that season of not being able to dance, that I thought, “Well, what CAN I do?”

Enter, creating Ballet to Business, podcast where both current and former ballet dancers share how the character traits and experiences they’ve gained from ballet help them in life & business today!