Jessica began dancing at the young age of 3. She grew up dancing and danced competitively for several years. During her time as a competitive dancer, she trained extensively for numerous years in ballet, tap, jazz, lyrical, hip hop, musical theatre, cheerleading, modern, and contemporary and competed in several national and international competitions receiving numerous awards, including an International Title. As a dancer she also successfully completed Jazz and Tap exams under A.D.A.P.T. Jessica’s passion for the arts continued and she later went on to study dance in a professional education setting. She is a graduate of York University's School of the Arts, Media, Performance and Design. She graduated with Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours) specializing in Performance and Choreography. During her time at York, she has performed in many dance shows such as Fleur De Sel, Dance Innovations Counter/Point, Terpsichore-in-progress and Beginnings & Endings. Jessica was also a member of the York Dance Ensemble's pre-professional modern dance company and has performed with them in numerous shows and on TEDX. While at York, Jessica trained in the Cecchetti Ballet Syllabus, and the modern dance styles of Jose Limóné and Martha Graham. She also completed competitively on the York Dance energy team winning many awards. During her final year at York, she studied under the direction of Modern Dance artist, Julia Sasso, participating in choreography and performance intensives.  Jessica has also been a company member of TDC Entertainment, Sole Power Productions and D'air Dance Collective where she performed professionally in numerous commercial dance shows. Most recently she has continued her love of performance and been a company member of Movement Market since 2017 when she performed in numerous shows, such as the Ground Up Dance Festival, Grounded, Juvenis Festival’s. Jessica is continuously seeking opportunities to professionally develop and has thus participated in various master classes and workshops from professional dance artists such as Blake McGrath, Danny Lawn, and Mia Michaels. She is also in the process of completing her DANCE PL3Y qualifications. Additionally, she has completed her level 1-3 Alexia Flexibility course and is trained in Acro-Demics advance Acro techniques with the completion of her Beginner, Junior, Intermediate and senior Acro levels.  She is also currently a member of the Professional Adjudicators Alliance and has adjudicated for different competitive dance competitions.    Jessica is also graduate from Queen’s University Bachelor of Education program and specializes in teaching Primary/Junior Grades.  She also worked for Princess Parties companies as a dancer, singer, and actress.  She has also worked alongside the H’ART Centre and HAAP program teaching dance to adults with intellectual exceptionalities and delivering dance programs to those in long-term care facilities helping to prolong their longevity and quality of life. Jessica has extensive experience teaching both recreational, and competitive dancers of all ages. She has worked as a dance teacher for over 15 years at various reputable studios all over Toronto and Kingston and has choregraphed and coached many competitive dancers to overall wins and won numerous choreography awards for her outstanding choreography. She has a robust passion and extensive experience in performing professionally and teaching dance to all ages.   Jessica continues to learn and grow as a dance artist, choreographer and teacher and hopes to share her passion of dance, choreography, and education with others, while inspiring her own students to work hard and dream big because anything is possible. She is excited to be joining the Alina Ballerina team and looks forward to working with new many dancers.