I received my B.A. in Dance Education K-12 from FIU in 1998. Upon graduating, I furthered my education at the prestigious NYU, where I received my M.A. in Dance for Higher Education in 2000. Immediately after, I returned to my hometown Miami, where I became a Miami Dade public school Dance teacher. While simultaneously teaching creative movement for the "Special Child" at Dan Marino Center in Weston Florida until 2005. During 2000 - 2006 I danced professionally with Dance Theater of Miami and taught at various Dance studios throughout Dade County. Later on, found a new challenge and art form in the world of Dance in 2009, where I became Co-owner and Instructor for a Dance Studio in Miami. In 2010, I began teaching at Miami-Dade College as a Ballet professor. I returned to the school system in 2012-2014 teaching Dance at Archbishop Coleman Carrol High School. In 2014 I became the official Dance Teacher/Coach to the Illusions Dance Team at Southwest High School and a professor for FIU Dual Enrollment Dance.