Native to Nashville, I began my formal dance training at the Nashville School of the Arts and the School of Nashville Ballet. I continued my education at the New World School of the Arts in Miami, FL and began my training in the Martha Graham Technique. (*Martha Graham Modern dance pioneer) My professional career spanned over a decade. During that time I danced with NB2 (Nashville Ballet 2nd company), Dayton Contemporary Dance Company Dayton, OH, Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble Denver, CO, Jeanne Ruddy Dance Philadelphia, PA, Graham II (Martha Graham Dance Company’s 2nd company) New York, NY.  While dancing I  worked with many notable choreographers such as Donald McKayle, Ronald K. Brown, and Paul Vasterling. I have performed the works of Alvin Ailey, Martha Graham, Jose Limon, and Anna Sokolow. Later in my career I began to teach company class for the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company that opportunity guided me towards my passion for sharing and teaching  

I have had the pleasure to teach Graham based Modern dance, Contemporary, and improvisation at the South Dayton Dance Theater, North Cincinnati Youth Ballet, Stivers School of the Arts (Dayton, OH), Rejoice School of Ballet, The ProTrac, DTC/Dancing Through the Curriculum, I.T Creswell Arts Magnet, Franklin School of the Arts, and the Nashville School of the Arts. Currently I am a full-time faculty member at the Nashville Ballet, a teaching artist with the Global Education Center, and an adjunct dance teacher at the Belmont University.   

As a choreographer I have created and collaborated with the artists of the Nashville Ballet, Nashville Opera, Nashville School of the Arts, and VSA Tennessee (The State Organization on Arts and Disability).  “Hairspray”, “In the Heights”, “Once on this Island”, “The Wiz” are some of my musical theater choreographic credits.  In 2017 I founded shackled feet DANCE, which is Nashville’s Black, all-Inclusive, collaborative dance company!