Kristen has trained with tap masters such as Brenda Buffalino, Cholly
Adkins, Heather Cornell, Diane Walker, Sam Weber, and Gracie Tune. Her
training started at the age of six when she took her first tap and
ballet class, and continues to this day. She danced with Stage Three
Dance Company in northern California and Pacific Tap Dance Company in
Oregon. Kristen taught tap in California and Oregon and has
choreographed dozens of musicals for Albany Civic Theatre in Albany
Oregon, Corvallis Community Theater in Corvallis Oregon and Mesa Encore
Theatre in Mesa Arizona.