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Began dance training at the age of three under Aline Martin at the Martinique School of Dance. Continued training at the Chester School of Ballet and Julia Mildred Harper School of Dance through High School with emphasis on ballet and pointe. Studied Ballet at Virginia Commonwealth University and spent a year studying at the Tidewater Academy of Ballet under the direction of Gene Hammett, Returned to Martinique under the direction of Shannon Howell as a student in 1990 until the closing of the school in May 2010. Currently, study under Susan Massey at the School of the Richmond Ballet, Adult Program. Performing Opportunities.During childhood performed with the Richmond Ballet and Richmond Ballet Contemporary, rising to the rank of Principal Dancer.