Samantha began dancing at the age of 7.  In high school, she was a captain of the dance team and danced with the Illinois Central College Dance Company. She furthered her education in dance at the University of Iowa where she received a bachelors in Dance with an emphasis in Modern and contemporary movement and a minor in Italian language. She spent 2 weeks in New York at the Jazz/Contemporary dance intensive and was a member of the traveling dance company, Dancers in Company, within the University of Iowa’s dance department. After graduating she spent 4 weeks in Italy with the group Dance Italia where she explored the language and took many classes from global professional dance instructors. She is excited to share her enthusiasm for exploring movement with dancers at Stryve Studios!