Sierra DeYoung was born in Topeka, Kansas and began her training at Kansas City Ballet at the age of three.  With the Kansas City Youth Ballet she was featured in Le Corsaire, La Bayadère, Paquita, The Sleeping Beauty Wedding Pas De Deux, as well as many new contemporary and modern works. As a student she performed alongside Kansas City Ballet company dancers in The Nutcracker and Giselle. She attended the University of Missouri-Kansas City for one year, performing in works by Paula Weber and Gregory Dawson. While there she had the opportunity to perform as a guest artist with Ballet Midwest, performing Mazurka soloist in Swan Lake and Juliete's Friend in Romeo and Juliet. From there she was invited to join Oklahoma City Ballet’s Trainee program, after one season she was promoted to their second company. In 2019 she joined the Northwest Arkansas Ballet Theatre second company. She performed featured roles in many of Ryan Jolicouer-Nye contemporary ballets, the premier of both his Nutcracker and Cinderella. While in the second company she also performed as lead fairy in A Midsummer Nights Dream. In 2021 she joined Ballet Quad Cities and had a great first season. She enjoyed the many outreach and performing opportunities including Spanish soloist in Courtney Lyon’s The Nutcracker and Gryphon in Courtney Lyon’s Alice in Wonderland. She is excited to return for her second season!