• Born in San Francisco
• Trained at the Memphis Classical Ballet
• Moved to Rochester : trained at the Center for Dance Education
• At 16 - Won a Scholarship to Boston Ballet's Summer Program
• Aug 2003 : Became an Apprentice in ABT
• April 2004 : Joined ABT as a Member of  Corps de Ballet
• Aug 2007 : Promoted to Soloist
• 2010 - 2011 : Dancer in Black Swan ( Nathalie Portman)

She won a lot of Medals and honours :

• 2002 : Silver Medal at the Jackson International Ballet Competition (Junior Division)
• 2002 : Bronze Medal at the Youth America Grand Prix Competition