Community Involvement: Prior to my current position, I worked for years to assign behavioral specialists, paraprofessionals, teachers, and aides to many students with autism which has developed my passion for Autism Awareness. I have been able to participate in walks, raise money, share information, and offer any support I can within the community. I am happy to be able to expand on this even more as an Eagles Cheerleader and through the Eagles Autism Challenge.
Favorite Appearance and Why: One of my favorite appearances was teaching a master class with a local high school and their dancers who were a part of a choreographic mentorship program. I was able to use my position as an Eagles Cheerleader and my passion for dance, teaching, and choreography to mentor the youth on some NFL level dancing. I provided feedback on their self-choreographed work, and informed them of the vast opportunities there are to pursue dance in college and beyond. It was an amazing opportunity to connect with the youth in our community and encourage them in a passion that we share in dance.
Personal Time: In my personal time I love to stay active in the gym or out in my neighborhood. I also enjoy anything creative, such as making fun videos or using my Cricut to make fun crafts or customize clothing. If I'm not doing that, I'll most likely be organizing and reorganizing spaces in my home!
You May Not Know: Something you may not know is that my fellow 2021 rookie, Cassie, and I are childhood friends. While I was born and raised in Philly, I moved out to Horsham, PA to complete my later years of middle school and all of high school. Cassie was one of the first friends I made after moving and we've been friends ever since, even becoming captains of our High School's dance team together. After graduating high school together, we attended separate colleges but were always each other's biggest cheerleaders and fans at our college dance team competitions and dance endeavors. Even after graduating from our respective universities, we continued to support each other on our professional dance/cheer journey, sending videos, costumes, hair and makeup looks for critique or just looking for encouraging words. Making this team was definitely life changing individually, but making it together was unreal.
Just Have to Share: I have been training in dance for over 25 years in all styles. I often teach drop-in classes and substitute teach at local studios. I also love to choreograph pieces for studio recitals and high school or college camps, and national competition routines.
Three words that describe me: Hardworking, Organized, Devoted
Favorite form of exercise other than dancing: I really enjoy High Intensity Interval Training and specifically Tabata Workouts. The individual exercises can be altered to fit whatever you desire to work on at that moment and many of these workouts can be done with just bodyweight. It's a great way to stay in shape and is great training for dance. I also enjoy biking both indoors and outdoors. This past season I was able to participate in the 10-mile bike ride for the Eagles Autism Challenge. It was such a rewarding feeling to make it to the end.
