When I was 3 years old, I started my life as a dancer. I was also into cheerleading and I let that take over my life and wasn't into dancing as much. Throughout my 15 years of dancing, I went from studio to studio and never took it seriously until my sophomore year when I found the best dance studio ever. At first, I was skeptical about it because I wasn't sure if I was going to enjoy dance anymore and it was my last hope of finding a place where I was pushed hard, but also enjoyed what I was doing.

I started out with a trial class, and as soon as I walked in all of the girls were so nice to me and actually took the time to get to know me; I felt as if I found a second home and I knew from that point on I was going to have a family there and find my lifelong friends. I started out by taking contemporary, hip hop, tap, and jazz. I spent the next two years being more involved with dance and taking more classes. I even started going to Dance Revolution, a fun weekend of dancing and learning different styles of dance that I normally wouldn't do. I thought about doing the competition team called "Company", but I didn't know how good I was going to be because I wasn't that flexible and I knew it would interfere with school... oh how I regret that. Watching the company dances made me feel kind of sad because I could have had the chance to be apart of that, but I didn't take the chance while I had it.

My last year at this studio was very emotional because I knew all the good times were coming to an end and I wasn't going to be dancing every day like I have been for the past 15 years. I am still very involved with the studio and come to visit pretty often. I am even going to Dance Revolution again and I plan on dancing throughout the rest of my life. It has become my passion and it gives me a chance to express myself with my body. Although I am not dancing every day, I know as soon as I walk into the dance studio, I'll be right where I should be! I have met some amazing girls and teachers along the way, and I know I will always have a place to come back to.