Trinity Santoro began her formal training in classical ballet and contemporary dance in Hanover Park, Illinois at the Faubourg School of Ballet in 2013 under the direction of Watmora Casey. She then spent five years with A&A Ballet under the direction of Alexei Kremnev and Ana Reznik. Santoro has won numerous awards during her dance career, including winning Gold at the World Ballet Competition in 2017. She is a four-time Youth America Grand Prix Finalist, winning the Grand Prix award in 2022. Santoro also trained in The Royal Ballet School’s 2018 Summer Intensive and performed in Guatemala with A&A Ballet as the Firebird from Firebird in 2022. In 2022, Santoro joined Kansas City Ballet as a KCBII member, where she performed as a corps member in Giselle, The Nutcracker, Cinderella, Cacti (featured), Sandpaper, and the North American premiere of Jekyll & Hyde. In 2023 and 2024, she guested as Giselle in Giselle at Southold Dance Theatre. Santoro joined ABT Studio Company in January 2024, under the artistic direction of Sascha Radetsky. In ABT Studio Company, she created a role in Young & Beautiful by James Whiteside and her other repertoire includes Within the Sunset by Amy Hall Garner, the principal role in “Country Gardens” from Twyla Tharp’s Brief Fling, and the Diana and Acteon pas de deux. Santoro will join the main Company of American Ballet Theatre as an apprentice in December 2024.