Leah Verier-Dunn received her BFA in Dance from New World School of the Arts in Miami, FL. Subsequently, she launched a professional career in Miami, then New York, and eventually returned to her roots in Sarasota where she co-founded Moving Ethos Dance in 2007. Having worked with several distinguished companies, Leah found her artistic home with Rosie Herrera Dance Theatre in 2011 with whom she continues to collaborate while juggling her two children and the artistic direction of Moving Ethos Dance. In 2019, Leah was commissioned as the first Spotlight Florida Resident at The Ringling Museum of Art and since has continued there as an artist-in-residence.