Felecia Baker grew up in Chesapeake, VA, and began her dance training at Academie De Ballet, studying the Vaganova Method for ballet technique, tap, jazz, and contemporary dance. She attended The Governor’s School of the Arts in Norfolk, VA, studying ballet under Joni Petre-Scholz, Kathy Brenner Lasakow, and Lorraine Graves and performing principal roles in La Sylphide, Giselle, and Raymonda and soloist roles in La Bayadere and Swan Lake. Felecia also trained at American Ballet Theatre, Pointe Park University, and Richmond Ballet summer programs, joining the latter as a trainee. Felecia danced professionally with Charlottesville Ballet and Ballet Memphis, performing Clara in The Nutcracker, Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, George Balanchine’s Square Dance, original choreography by Trey McIntyre, and in a principal role of Ballet Ashani's Giovanni's Room.