Miss Giselle received a Bachelor of Arts from The Evergreen State College. She has performed, taught and choreographed on both the East and West coasts. She danced for Stiletto Entertainment with Holland America Cruise Lines and has toured North America as a competition judge with Headliner’s and On Pointe Dance Competitions.

Miss Giselle worked professionally in New York with the New York Theatre Dance Ensemble and Broadway on Broadway. She performed in numerous industrials with Broadway choreographers: Josh Rhodes, Tammy Colucci, Luis Salgado, Peter Gregus and her mentor Broadway veteran Rachelle Rak.

Giselle proudly trained with the Radio City Rockette’s.

Locally, Miss Giselle played the lead role of Cassie in A Chorus Line with Seattle Musical Theatre. She was a company member of ARC Dance Seattle and performed works with En L’air Dance Seattle multiple years. Miss Giselle has choreographed numerous musicals including: You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown, The Wizard of Oz, Working, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and Young Frankenstein along with a commercial for Honda of Tacoma and countless dance recitals and community events. She coached the Peninsula High School SuperHawks Dance Team, taking them to State her second year coaching. Now, she proudly owns and directs Sound Movement Arts Center, a childhood dream fullfilled. 

Miss Asuka got her start in hip hop at the Lakewood YMCA and Studio West Dance Academy’s BEATBOX division. She was the co-captain of the EDGE dance team coached by Kristen Grace and Sarahjane Bracy. With this team she had the opportunity to perform throughout the PNW in hip hop showcases such as Kutt n’ up, Olympia Arts Walk and the Northwest Dance Festival! 

She has been teaching for over 5 years and is passionate about creating a safe, accessible, and empowering environment for youth to express themselves. She believes in truly educating her students with authentic Hip Hop culture both past and present to uplift creative minds! 

She is currently a student at the University of Washington pursuing a degree in Criminal Justice and minoring in sociology. She hopes to one day become a juvenile attorney to uplift the voices of students in another form! 

She looks forward to another great year teaching at Sound Movement Arts Center!

Caylen Huff has been dancing in Tacoma since she was two. She has trained in Jazz, Contemporary, Lyrical, Tap, Modern, and her favorite, Ballet.  Miss Caylen has trained at Paradosi Christian Ballet Company, Image Studio of Dance, the YMCA, Studio Moves Dance Center and Tacoma City Ballet. She now calls Sound Movement Arts Center her dance home.

Miss Caylen’s favorite role has been the Sugar Plum Fairy in Sound Movement Arts Center’s first annual Nutcracker. She loved the challenge of the role as well as being a role model to the little dancers she danced with. This year will be her last year as a student at Sound Movement Arts Center, as well as her first year as a teacher! She is looking forward to the year, filled with nutcracker rehearsals, dance classes, teaching, and competing in the Youth America Grand Prix.

She can’t wait to start the season and meet her students! Miss Caylen hopes her passion for ballet helps develop a love of dance in all of the students she teaches.

Miss Cody started dancing at age 8 in Boise, ID. As a member of Capital City Youth Ballet Company, she trained under Sarah Phipps/Arnold and Joanne Michaels. Later, becoming a Ballet Idaho Trainee performing with the school and company. She spent her summers training with Maria Vegh, Idaho Dance Arts Alliance, and Ballet West in Salt Lake City, UT. Cody started teaching ballet at Stars Dance Studio, where she developed the love of teaching dance to others.

Cody moved to Seattle, WA to attend Cornish College of The Arts. She became a member of the pre-professional Mentor/Apprentice program with Marie Chong at Arc School of Ballet. She was a recipient of the Julia Harig Scholarship. Later Miss Cody performed with Arc Dance Company and Seattle Gilbert and Sullivan Society. She then joined the Arc faculty, teaching the younger student division.

From there, Miss Cody moved to Ventura, CA where she taught at All American Ballet School with Clarissa Boeriu, soon becoming the head teacher of the lower division and moving on to become the school director. All while continuing to perform with the All American Ballet Company.

It was after the birth of her second child, Cody took a break from teaching and dancing. Now back in the PNW and living in Tacoma with her husband and three children, she is excited to bring her expertise and love of ballet to Sound Movement Arts Center.

Miss Bronica grew up as a dancer and a gymnast, beginning at the YMCA and moving on to more competitive clubs and companies, eventually performing as a soloist in Washington Contemporary Ballet’s many productions including The Nutcracker, Firebird, & Midsummer Night’s Dream. Along with ballet, Miss Bronica is studied in modern dance.

After graduating High School, Miss Bronica turned to teaching and has been doing it ever since. She started at Auburn Gymnastics Center as both a Gymnastics Coach, and a Ballet Instructor for their TOPs (Talent Opportunity Program) gymnasts and then moved on to teaching at SOund Movement Arts Center. She looks forward to another great year of dance with your children.

Miss Tiffany was born and raised in Tacoma, WA. She began dancing at 3 years old and has trained in ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop, point, contemporary, and lyrical. She has also been teaching dance for over 11 years.

She graduated from the University of Washington in Seattle where she studied psychology and sociology and took tap, jazz, and ballet throughout her college career. She now holds a masters degree in Child and Adolescent Psychology.

Her passions include dancing, working with youth, enjoying the outdoors, hanging out with family and friends, and bringing smiles to everybody around her. She looks forward to another great year at SMAC and sharing her love of dance with each student!

Miss Kristin has been teaching ballet and creative dance to children for more than twenty years.  She grew up in Tacoma, studying and performing there, and now calls it home with her husband and three children. She is especially passionate about bringing the joy of dance to the youngest students and loves nothing more than to see a child light up with the discovery of being an artist.

Besides teaching dance, Miss Kristin has years of experience with coordinating performances.  She has trained and directed hundreds of backstage volunteers so that the performance runs smoothly. She loves being a part of big events and has done event coordinating for various camps, fundraisers, and weddings throughout Tacoma.

Miss Kristin has also pursued her love of performance arts in her church by coordinating theatre, dance, and singing opportunities for children as a way for them to give back to their community.  She loves the idea of arts being available to everyone and hopes to help bring about that vision by teaching dance with Sound Movement Arts Center.

Originally from Colorado, Miss Kelly grew up dancing at Starstruck Academy of Dance and David Taylor Dance Theater before moving to Washington to pursue her bachelors degree in sociology and religion the University of Puget Sound. There she performed and choreographed for Repertory Dance Group and Swing Out! Lindy Hop troupe.  She has performed and choreographed with MGMH Arts, Walrus Dance Theatre, University of Denver Dance, and the Barefoot Collective. 

Miss Kelly served as the Senior Arts Director at the Morgan Family Y from 2012-2019 and is currently a co-Director for the Barefoot Collective, a community-based modern dance company, in Tacoma. She lives with her husband and two small children and enjoys reading, gardening, and running. She looks forward to another great year at Sound Movement Arts Center!

Miss Kaitlyn s a hip hop dancer from the Puyallup-Tacoma area. She started hip-hop at Elite School of Dance when she was 7. There she pursued competitive dance where Kaitlyn and her team have been awarded national champions along with other titles. Kaitlyn has danced at a number of venues including the Washington State Fair and Puyallup and Sumner Santa Parades. She has trained under Dezmond Garcia, the Gamlieli family and Alex Porter, along with well recognized choreographers at conventions, including Nappytabs and Ian Eastwood. 

Kaitlyn has a passion for teaching dance and helping others. She said what keeps her going is seeing faces in the room light up when they understand something new. She is so excited to be back teaching at Sound Movement Arts Center and can’t wait to see what this season brings!

Miss Valli has had many roles in her creative life, the best being Miss Giselle’s Mom!  Her multifaceted background includes Fashion & Costume, Decorative Arts & Design, Publishing and Marketing. She is a professional dressmaker and will be helping with costume orders/fitting/alterations, as well as handling many administrative and financial projects. Miss Valli is delighted to now be in Tacoma and working closely with SMAC as their Recital costume alterations specialist. 

Alissa McDonald was a part of the Sound Movement Arts Center family as a dance mom (in the best sense of the title possible – she’s a “no-drama mamma”) long before she took on the role of Front Desk Manager. 

Prior to her active role at the studio, she was a 1:1 paraeducator at Downing Elementary in Tacoma for two years and before that she was a Mortgage Processor for 15 years. However, her most important job to-date has been raising her two kids. Alissa’s appreciation for dance has grown alongside her daughter Sammie’s love of the art form. When she is not at the studio, you can find her spending time with her family or watching/playing her favorite sport Soccer.

She is excited to be a part of Sound Movement Arts Center this season and looks forward to welcoming you to the studio.

Amy Reinmuth joins the Sound Movement Arts Center front desk staff after being here a year enjoying her daughter, Campbell, develop a new found love of dance.  

She comes to the studio with a background of over 20 years in office management, marketing and communications, and education administration, as well as a degree in technical theatre from SPU with a focus on costume design.  Currently, she also works for a local private school as the Director of College Career Counseling and Registrar.  

This past August, Amy and her husband Jeff celebrated their 24th wedding anniversary.  Together they have three children, a 20-year old daughter, 15-year old son, and the afore mentioned, 12-year old daughter.  Outside of working and driving kids to various dance and/or sports practices, she enjoys watching and yelling very loudly for almost any sporting event, with her favorites being football and basketball.  She is partial to any activity that her children are participating in.  

Getting to know the families and students at SMAC will be a great highlight over the next season and she can’t wait to meet YOU!

Piper Rhines has danced with Sound Movement Arts Center off and on since 2018, and is thrilled to be working and getting involved in the other side of the studio, and seeing how Sound Movement Arts Center works from a staff point of view!

When she’s not at the studio, she enjoys spending time with her mom, dad and sister as they go for drives and stop by Dutch Bros to get coffee on the weekends. She also enjoys visiting local antique and vintage shops, and nearby arts and crafts stores to pick up supplies for a new project with her sister Penny.

She loves fashion designing and sewing, she also loves to knit and crochet, always looking for bright colors and new ideas for each project! Piper is super excited to see where life takes her working for Sound Movement Arts Center and can’t wait to start the season.

Landon is a 4-time US National Junior, and 3-time National Youth American Rhythm Champion, National Under-21 Latin Champion, National Youth Latin Vice-Champion, represented the US in the 2012 World Youth Latin Championships and is a recent 3-time US National Amateur Cabaret Champion (twice with sister Charity–World of Dance season 2 teen division winner). He was in the top 40 of So You Think You Can Dance (season 11) and has appeared on Dancing With The Stars (season 15) and several viral videos such as Stormtrooper Secrets with YouTube creator ScottDW. For many years he has choreographed Overall High Point Award-winning and thought-provoking pieces for teams in Hip Hop, Contemporary, and Ballroom. His personally choreographed and performed teen contemporary solo Distractions was awarded National Outstanding Choreography by the NYCDA. He is a National Teen Male Outstanding Dancer 1st Runner-Up (NYCDA) and a National Senior Male Best Dancer Finalist (The Dance Awards). He also starred in the pieces that won Center Stage Performing Arts Studio the title “National Studio of the Year” in 2012  (The Dance Awards). He was many times a guest performer and choreographer for Provo, Utah Freedom Festival’s Stadium of Fire, and a guest performer for industrials like The Outdoor Retailer Show, 4-Life, MonaVie, Kyani, and RootsTech.

Midway in his dance career, he was blessed to take 2 years’ time off to serve a mission in Córdoba, Argentina for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. He is fluent in Spanish and pursues a lifelong study of languages including the arts, the language of the soul. Upon return from Argentina, he received several half and full-tuition scholarships to BYU through the Ballroom Touring Company. He also taught Ballroom there as a student-teacher. He graduated from BYU with a BS in Exercise and Wellness, a Ballroom Dance Minor, and CPR Certification. He is ISTD Certified in The International Ballroom Technique.

Landon met his wife Hannah in college. They danced together on the BYU Ballroom Touring Company performing in much of the US, South America and Europe. With their team they were privileged to win, against 8 contested teams, the 2019 British Latin Formation Team Championship at the prestigious Blackpool Dance Festival in Blackpool, England. In the Amateur American Smooth Category they are 1 time BYU Dancesport, 2 time NYDF, and 2 time Utah Dancesport Challenge Champions, and are US National Amateur American Smooth Vice-Champions. They are current US National Open Professional American Smooth Quarter Finalists, Seattle Star Ball Rising Star Smooth top 3 and Seattle Star Ball Open Professional Smooth Finalists. They are Open Professional American Smooth regional finalists. They currently teach at Pacific Ballroom Dance in Auburn, Washington and are new parents to a beautiful baby girl. They were married and sealed for eternity in February 2020. They love traveling, trying new foods, exploring the great outdoors, and playing with their little dog Gus.

Miss Stevie was introduced to dance at the ripe old age of 6 at Seabury School in Tacoma. She continued her training more extensively at Harbor Dance, studying: ballet, jazz, contemporary and hip hop through high school.

Eventually, she transitioned from recreational dancing to competitive and attended Nuvo, Jump, 24/7 and Showstoppers, winning many scholarships from Hollywood Connection. In high school, she performed in the musicals White Christmas and a Christmas Carol, where she was able to hone her partnering and choreography skills.

Currently, Miss Stevie is training to be a nurse at Tacoma Community College and is excited to be teaching at SMAC. She loves teaching dance and can’t wait to see what this year holds.

Hana Carlson started her dance training at the Morgan Family YMCA who was under the direction of Kelly Lynch and Lynn Wilmot- Stenehjem. She attended Ailey Camp Seattle for 2 years then in 2018 received a scholarship for the Ailey Experience in New York. That year, she furthered her studying of dance at T.U.P.A.C (Tacoma Urban Performing Arts Center) in flamenco, ballet, west african and modern all under the direction of Klair Ethridge and Julie Tobiason. Performed in productions of the first Urban Nutcracker and Harriet: The Black Swan. She attended programs such as Open Space and  University of the Arts Pre-College Intensive  and worked with Tommie Waheed Evans, Roderick George, Franco Nieto, and LED Boise. Hana graduated from SOTA (Tacoma School of the Arts) in 2022, where she studied modern dance technique and hip hop.

She is studying dance at the London Contemporary Dance School, training in styles such as cunningham, street dance and hip hop related dance forms, flying low, gaga, and contemporary. Hana is passionate about social justice choreography, and has created work in the years that deal with Blackness, identity, love, climate change, and recently her piece Mourning of (Child)hood that deals with topics of mass gun shootings and loss.

She plans to continue dancing, choreographing and teaching and learning more about what dance can be. She is looking forward to working at Sound Movement Arts Center while home from Europe. 

Miss Amaya is a recent graduate from the University of Washington Seattle. She just received her BA in Dance and a Minor in Diversity. Amaya loves to teach dance and specializes in Tap, Jazz, Street Styles, and Modern. She is so excited to teach the camps this summer and foster a creative community for each and every student!

Miss Mariah has been dancing for twenty two years and teaching for the last nine.  Particularly trained in contemporary, tap, and hip hop, she has spent the last four years teaching competitively for Evolve Dance Company in Rockford, IL. 

Known for her unique musicality, Mariah’s choreography has won several overall and special judges awards. Mariah loves all styles of dance, and strives to make her choreography match the music she hears. She is excited to be a guest at Sound Movement Arts Center!

Miss Tori is an experienced dancer and cheerleader from Gig Harbor, Washington. She began competitive dancing in elementary school at Harbor Conservatory and continued her competitive dance career throughout high school at The Dance Gallery. After graduating high school Tori realized she did not want to stop performing. She spent a year learning partner stunting and tried out as a ‘stunter’ for the University of Oregon’s cheerleading team. Tori is now beginning her second year as a University of Oregon cheerleader, which allows her to dance and cheer at football, basketball, and volleyball games, as well as travel to NCAA basketball tournaments and attend community appearances. She is so happy to be joining the Sound Movements Arts Center team and sharing her knowledge with the next generation of college cheerleaders!

Miss Brinessa is an experienced gymnast and ballet dancer from Tacoma, Washington. She grew up as a competitive gymnast, with the Morgan Family YMCA and Auburn Gymnastics where she excelled in the sport. Shortly after reaching level 9 in the competitive gymnastics world, she decided to pursue her passion for dance.

She was invited into Washington Contemporary Ballet’s senior company almost immediately. There, she began her intense training and eventually gained the title of Principal dancer. She has played many lead roles in various performances, such as The Nutcracker, The Pied Piper, and Firebird. Miss Brinessa received her Associate of Arts (AA) degree from Pierce College. She is excited for another year at Sound Movement Arts Center.

Miss Jo Emery is a Tacoma legend with years of professional teaching and performing experience. She is best known in Tacoma for training students at the Jo Emery Ballet School. She was the Artistic Director for the Tacoma Performing Dance Company for many years. 

She has won five national endowment for the arts fellowships, been a professional choreographer with Greg Thompson Productions, performed productions in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Bermuda, Aruba, Las Vegas, Reno, France and Mexico. She looks forward to working with the students of Sound Movement Arts Center and teaching them the art of Ballet.

Mister Dezmond is a NW hip-hop dancer and choreographer. He started his dance journey as captain of his high school dance team where they were awarded state and national championships. He received his training under Daniel Cruz, Valicia Valliani and Joselitto Castillo, along with many other influential dancers and choreographers in the Seattle area.

Though his primary focus is Hip Hop, he was formally trained in ballet, modern, jazz, contemporary, and bollywood. Dezmond was accepted into Cornish College of the Arts and has performed in many venues here in the northwest such as World Of Dance, Beamer Breakdown, and Cruz Control. For the last 10 years he has taught all across the NW and continues to share his love and passion for dance both in the classroom and online! He is excited to be joining Sound Movement Arts Center this season. 

Miss Katie has been dancing all her life and has trained in ballet, jazz, musical theater, hip hop, contemporary, and tap. During high school, she participated in multiple competition teams and performed in the School of the Arts Dance Company. She just graduated from the University of Puget Sound where she received a bachelor’s degree in chemistry; she spent her time outside of academics choregraphing and teaching for the Reparatory Dance Group. She is extremely excited to continue dancing and joining the community at Sound Movement Arts Center!

Mister Marvin began his dance training at the age of 16 with Mount Tahoma High School’s Hip Hop Dance Team. His senior year, the team attended the State championships placing 4th in the 4A division. During his time on the team, he earned a spot on the UDA All American Dance Team and got a once in a lifetime opportunity to perform in Italy. After graduating high school, Marvin joined the US Air Force Reserve’s as a Medical Evacuation Technician.

After returning to Tacoma, Marvin accepted a position as the Head Coach of the Mount Tahoma High School Dance Team (WIAA member/CPR-First Aid Certified) and still enjoys coaching his alma mater to this day. Marvin currently performs with the NoDef Crew. Marvin’s passion is to dance, teach and inspire others to reach their full potential as dancers and to be the best they can be.

Miss Alashia has trained in Modern, Ballet, African, Praise Dance and Hip Hop. She is an innovative  teacher/choreographer and challenges her students to be confident, creative and ambitious in class and in life.

Miss Alashia graduated from Tacoma’s School Of The Arts with a major in dance. She trained with the late Kabby Mitchell III, Robbin Jacklyne and Trina Doss. After graduating, she continued her classical studies locally, which lead her to be requested as a adjunct artist at SOTA, Co-Choreographer for Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute and a guest choreographer for Curtis High School’s annual Danceblast two years in a row.

Miss Alashia has had a wide variety of performance opportunities ranging from the Black Nativity, weddings, churches and community events. She has also performed at the Washington State Fair multiple times. When she is not teaching she is working with local artists to perfect their stage presence and performance skills. Miss Alashia’s goal is to nurture, inspire and motivate students to continuously grow and be well prepared for their own dance experience, where ever it may take them. Miss Alashia is excited to be back for another season of dance at Sound Movement Arts Center!

Miss Hallie grew up in Tacoma, Washington. She has trained under some of the most influential names in the dance community, including Brian Friedman, Tricia Miranda, and Tessandra Chavez.  In addition, she has traveled across the nation with The Pulse on Tour as an Elite Protege and with Velocity Dance Convention as their 2016 National Junior MVA Winner.

Although traveling for dance was an amazing experience, Miss Hallie found her passion when she started teaching two years ago. With this being her third year teaching Hip Hop, she has found many ways to implement the rich history of Hip Hop into her teachings. Most people think of Hip Hop as being “just a style” of dance, but Miss Hallie’s goal is to help students understand that it is a culture and a lifestyle that goes beyond the combos learned in class.

Her favorite color is lavender, or any pastel version of a color. She is excited to start teaching at Sound Movement Arts Center and looks forward to seeing you in one of her classes.

Miss Briellen’s artistic interest sent her in a circle around the world of art. Beginning with her first dance classes at the YMCA when she was very little, moving to competitive gymnastics where she competed for 5 years, and finally turning to music at the age of 15. Her interest in music led her to pursue piano performance at Pacific Lutheran University, where she received a Bachelor of Music degree in 2015 along with multiple performance scholarships. During her time at university a passion for swing dance was sparked, and she began traveling to social dances and competitions all over the area, and eventually participated in the 2018 and 2020 Rock That Swing Festivals in Germany.

Besides performing, Briellen is an experienced piano teacher and gymnastics coach and loves working with kids. She coached gymnastics at the YMCA for 6 years, and has been teaching piano for almost 10 years. Currently she is teaching part time as a piano instructor through her private studio Briellen’s Piano Studio.

Miss Makena grew up nearby, in Gig Harbor Washington. She is passionate about encouraging others to follow their dreams like she did. Miss Makena attended the American Musical and Dramatic Academy(AMDA) in both Los Angeles and New York City. Her training included a variety of styles including hip-hop, ballet, jazz, tap, heels, modern, contemporary, lyrical, and musical theatre. She graduated with a certificate of Dance in 2017.

Since then she’s worked for Norwegian Cruise Line and Regent Seven Seas Cruises. During her time performing on cruise ships she obtained a position as dance captain. Miss Makena was a dance captain for the Norwegian Gem and the inaugural cast of the Regent Seven Seas Splendor. While on cruise ships she furthered her training by learning Spanish Web, two point bungee (arial apparatuses) and swing dancing. She is excited to share her experience and passion for dance with her SMAC students.

Miss Katy Tabb is a Seattle native dancer and choreographer. Past choreography credits include: Newsies, Singin’ In The Rain, Billy Elliot, and Hello My Baby at Village Theatre in Issaquah, WA as well as the world premiere of Persuasion and upcoming Sweet Land at Taproot Theatre Company in Seattle. She recently choreographed Wonderful Town for the Seattle Symphony and the workshop production of ZM written by the creators of Urinetown, Greg Kotis and Mark Hollman, through the Village Theatre’s Beta Series.

As a performer, selected favorite credits include: Kiss Me Kate and Spamalot (5th Ave. Theatre), Chicago, The Producers, and Funny Girl (Village Theatre), 42nd St., Young Frankenstein, and White Christmas (Musical Theatre West), and 9 to 5 (3D Theatricals). Katy has toured internationally with Vox Dance Theatre and Benita Bike’s Dance Art. A teaching artist, she is on faculty at Westlake Dance Center and teaches master classes throughout the Greater Seattle area and at Cornish College of the Arts and University of Washington. She graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. in Dance from Chapman University and received additional training from The Ailey School.  katytabb.com

Miss Courtney started dancing at 7 years old at All That! Dance Studio in Eugene, OR. Though her first loves are ballet and contemporary- she also studied tap, jazz, hip hop, musical theatre, ballroom, and modern. At age 13, she began assisting in preschool ballet classes at her studio and fell in love with teaching dance.

Courtney continued to pursue dance when she came to Tacoma in 2012 to attend Pacific Lutheran University- participating in Dance Team, dancing and choreographing in their annual Dance Ensemble performances, and studying Brain Dance. 

She began instructing for the Y in 2014 where she taught ballet, creative movement, jazz, and hip hop to students ages 2 years through adult. With her passion for bringing community together through the arts, Courtney transitioned to Arts Program Director at the Morgan Y in 2019. 

She is passionate about creating safe spaces for students of all ages to explore movement and express their creativity. She is excited to use her skills in dance and early education in the new SMAC Preschool Camps!

Miss Raven has been a performer for most of her life. She has experience as an actress, model, dancer and choreographer. Raven has been in over 150 runway shows from L.A. to Vancouver B.C. She has had the opportunity to work with world renowned photographers Art Wolf and Matthew Jordan Smith from Americas Next Top Model. She also trained in the Yohanna House from Americas Next Top Model. She was given the award for best new model from AC Model In Talent her first year signed.

In addition to runway she has done print work, commercials, music videos, look books and work as a promo model. Raven has been teaching with the prestigious Barbizon Models and Talent in Seattle since 2012. She is also still an active model currently signed with Sports and Lifestyle.

Raven has also been a cheer and dance instructor for Young Champions (CPR-First Aid Certified), choreographed musicals for Astra in Puyallup as well as musicals for Tacoma Community College. As a dancer she has done music videos, commercials and even danced the part of Cha Cha in “Grease”.  Her senior year she was awarded a tuition wavier scholarship for Talent with Tacoma Community College.

It is Raven’s hope to motivate, inspire and cultivate others passions for the arts whether as a model, dancer or actor. She can’t wait to see you in class!