I started dancing at the young age of 4 years old at Body Pointe Ballet Centre in the Philippines and continued my professional dance training at The School of Cadence Ballet where I graduated as a senior principal member of the youth company. Coming from an arts high school background as a graduate from the Iona Secondary School Arts Program as well as a professional training program, I am trained in the genres of Vaganova and RAD Ballet, Contemporary, Modern, Jazz, Improvisation, and both Classical and Contemporary Ballet Pointe repertoire. I have been lucky enough to have worked with and assisted mentors/choreographers in the dance industry. 

Along with being a scientist, I am a free lance dancer, choreographer who was also the co-captain and president of MAC Dance: McMaster University Varsity Competitive Dance Team from 2016-2018. I have also performed and choreographed at various events with the Parahumans Dance Company, Dance Ontario, Cadence Bridges Ballet, Scholarship Dance Toronto, and more. In 2020, I committed to 1-year work term in the Netherlands working for the European Space Agency (ESA), while training with the DansBlok Collective. I am currently working on a project called 'Dance Your PhD' aiming to bridge the arts and sciences in a way that is more accessible to everyone. While constantly juggling academia and dance, I believe that having the two, sets a good balance and motivation towards continuing a passion for teaching/mentoring in the arts and science!