JAZZ: Jessica Bio

What is your favorite book? Why? I love all John Grisham books. I can’t put them down until I figure everything out.

Who was your favorite teacher? Why? Toni Bauman. She was my cheer coach through high school. She taught me a lot about discipline and team work.

What are your hobbies? I love to water ski and wake-board and go boating in the summer.

How long have you been dancing? 15 years. Since I was 4 years old until I graduated from high school and now again.

Why did you want to be a Jazz Dancer? To get to meet new people and I love to perform.

What do you do to stay healthy – inside and out? I love going to the gym and working out and I try to eat right.

Where were you born and raised? Farmington, Utah

Where did you go to high school? Viewmont High

College? Fran Brown Beauty College and Utah State University

Do you have a job outside of being a Jazz Dancer? What is it? Hairstylist and Assistant Cheer Coach at Viewmont High

What do you want to do after your Jazz Dancer career is finished? I’m going to be a hairstylist full time

What’s the best advice you ever received? It’s better to shoot for the stars and miss than shoot for the gutter and hit

What has been your most embarrassing moment as a Dancer? We were supposed to repeat a part in a dance and I forgot and went off the floor early

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