Laurel is a recent BFA graduate of the University of Hartford’s Hartt School Suma Cum Laude with an emphasis on Ballet Pedagogy. While there she was on staff for the University of Hartford’s community division as a Pilates instructor for the intensive division ballet students, the adult program and the Salvation Army and Boys and Girls Club outreach program designed to offer free ballet lessons to underprivileged inner city children. She also taught at Eastern Rehabilitative Network with post rehab patients from the physical therapy office, the Eastern Connecticut Ballet Summer Intensive, the ICB International Ice Skating Rink Summer Intensive, The Watkinson School, The Westminster School and the YMCA. Laurel has recently completed her Pilates Rehab certification through Polestar Pilates which emphasizes addressing client specific goals in reaching optimal body function. Through teaching she hopes to inspire the deep body awareness and healthy outlook Pilates creates.