Cassidy Doan began ballet at age three at Southland Ballet Academy, training under Salwa Rizkalla and Hanna Karacic. Mentored by renowned artists including Claudio Muñoz and Larissa Saveliev, she started her professional career at twelve. She has performed lead and soloist roles with Festival Ballet Theatre and Houston Ballet and won second place at the Youth America Grand Prix, earning a full-merit scholarship to Houston Ballet Academy. Cassidy now returns home to Southland Ballet while attending UC Irvine.