When I tell people that I study dance and cell and molecular biology, the response I tend to get is a puzzled, “Okay?”  Sometimes people will ask me why I combine such opposite areas, and my response is, “Why not?”  There are so many similarities between dance and science.  Think about how the corps de ballet travels together in Swan Lake which is just like transporting proteins in a cell move or perhaps how each body moves a little differently because at a molecular level we all are a little different.  I have a fascination for life and that comes through in my dancing and choreography.  As a scientist, I was taught that things are black and things are white. As a ballerina, I was taught that things are black and things are white.  As an artist, I am looking for things that are black and white and many shades of grey. I have a strong ballet background and I am interested in applying it to my choreographic works, but not in a traditional sense.  I love to combine my modern training and by ballet training into something new, relatable, and thought-provoking.  My process is centered around trying new things with my dancers in the rehearsal space, seeing what we discover in the process.  I am inspired and driven by the unknown and the act of exploring that unknown.  I am always pushing myself to learn more, to explore more, and encourage others to do the same.