band and

arts and machine like workshop and all sorts of different cool classes while I was just filling classes in my schedule, knowing the whole time I wanted to be a dancer and I wanted to pursue dance education.

And so I kind of organically created my life mission of bringing dance to the forefront of education and giving kids the opportunity to study dance in school.

And I'm really excited actually to talk to you about it, about how a dance studio and a K to 12 dance program can actually complement each other and Because I think they both serve very different purposes and are both very beneficial to young dancers.

But circling back.

So then I ended up pursuing my dance dreams at Rutgers.

They have the five-year dance ed program where you leave with a bachelor's in fine arts and dance and a master's in dance education.

As you've shifted from a dance educator to an advocate, what are some things that we all can do as teachers, studio owners, arts directors? What are some things that we can do even on where we are?