Miss Julia lived in Arizona, Ohio, and Michigan before making the move to Wisconsin. She began her dance training at the Cassandra Ballet School, where she danced for about four years. She continued her dance education at Modern Messages Dance Company and remained there until moving to Wisconsin. Throughout this time, she trained in ballet, pointe, variations, jazz, lyrical, contemporary, and hip hop. She was a part of the Youth Ballet Theater from 2011-2015 and was also a member of her studio’s dance team from 2013-2019.

Now, in addition to teaching dance, Miss Julia is a professional ballerina dancing with Magnum Opus.

She believes that dance is incredibly powerful and strives to give her students the tools necessary to portray something meaningful with excellence and emotion. Her goal is to create a fun, driven atmosphere in class that fosters excellence while reminding students why they dance.

Favorite Things: coffee, traveling, football, fall

Fun Fact: She’s taught dance in Thailand!