Brianna Santiago is a native of Frederick, MD, and has been dancing for 17 years. She began dancing as a young child and her love for the arts flourished from there. She’s trained in various styles of dance including ballet, pointe, tap, jazz, contemporary, and modern. She is Cecchetti ballet certified in pre-professional grades 1-4 and professional grade 5. She has attended various summer intensives including Ruth Page School of Dance, Dance Theater of Harlem, Morton Street School of Dance, and Cecchetti Council of America. She has also attended conferences such as the Internal Association of Blacks in Dance and Cecchetti Council of East Coast. Brianna is currently a double major at Towson University pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Performance and Choreography Dance and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology.