Whitney grew up in Brevard County, Florida and began ballet lessons at the age of 8. At 16 she duel enrolled at Brevard Community College (now Eastern Florida State College) at the same time teaching children’s classes at Heather’s Dance Studio. She soon discovered the dance program at BCC run by Sandra Barbato where she studied ballet, jazz, modern and dance conditioning.

Whitney graduated with her Associate in Arts degree from Brevard Community College in 2006 as the first of two dance majors, transferring to Palm Beach Atlantic University (PBA) to major in Dance Pedagogy. She graduated Cum Laude from PBA’s School of Music and Fine Arts Department receiving her Bachelor of Arts degree with a minor in Exercise Science. Whitney also had the honor of being chosen as the Dance Department’s Outstanding Graduate of 2009. While at PBA Whitney was able to work with such outstanding choreographers and instructors as Demetrius Klein, Eileen Hebron and Jin-young Lee under the direction of dance program head, Dr. Kathleen Klein. One of her greatest achievements was auditioning for and receiving a role in the reconstruction of Merce Cunningham’s Septet, set by Carol Titelbaum.

Upon graduation Whitney once again began teaching at Heather’s Dance Studio. In the spring of 2012 Whitney was hired to teach the dance classes at Eastern Florida State College’s Melbourne Campus. Whitney is an American Ballet Theatre® Certified Teacher, who has successfully completed the ABT® Teacher Training Intensive in Pre-Primary through Level 5 of the ABT® National Training Curriculum. She also worked with Project Dance Orlando as their Donations Director for 8 years, along with being a performer with Cornerstone Dance Company.

In 2016 Whitney began teaching at Gateway Academy of the Arts based in Melbourne, Florida and directed their production of Pilgrim’s Progress in 2019. Additionally, she works as the ballet instructor at Our School House homeschool co-op and founded the non-profit The Christian Arts Collective Inc. to unify believers who work in all art forms. Whitney lives in Palm Bay, FL with her husband and two young children, and looks forward to watching how God unifies the arts in Brevard county.