Ella is a rising junior at Northwestern University double majoring in Neuroscience and Dance. She is from Miami, Florida, and grew up dancing at Miami City Ballet School for over 13 years. She has had experience working with students in the dance field, teaching ballet, jazz, and contemporary dance to students involved with Breakthrough Miami, an academic enrichment program for under-resourced individuals in 5th through 12th grade. Ella is currently on the pre-medical track and is very passionate about physical and mental health. She received her 200-hour registered yoga teacher certification where she was trained in breathwork and Vinyasa yoga. Ella is currently working as an undergraduate research assistant at the Bass Lab in the Feinberg School of Medicine, researching type II diabetes and obesity. She is extremely excited to begin working as the Health and Wellness intern at the Joffrey Ballet School where she will intersect both of her passions of dance and health.