Daria Podolsky, raised in Southern California began ballet at age 3 at Southland Ballet Academy, trained by her mother, a Bolshoi Ballet graduate. In 2018, she received a YAGP scholarship to attend the Bolshoi Ballet Academy Summer Intensive in Connecticut. She also studied in Russia under Ilya Kuznetsov. Daria has performed with Southland Ballet Academy and Festival Ballet Theater in Coppélia, Swan Lake, and The Nutcracker. She is currently studying political science at UC Irvine while continuing ballet at SBA.