Tracey is a Cum Laude graduate of the University of Alabama at Birmingham with a

Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science. She is originally from Saint Louis, Missouri

and started dancing at the age of nine when her family moved to Huntsville, Alabama.

She trained at North Alabama Dance Center in the disciplines of classical ballet, pointe,

tap, jazz, and lyrical/modern. Tracey also danced and performed as a Senior Company

Member of the pre-professional ballet company Pointe Station, Inc. During college,

Tracey continued to pursue her career as a dancer and teacher. After receiving her

certification as a dance instructor, she worked for several of Birmingham’s notable

dance studios and began making her mark as a choreographer working with

Birmingham schools and theatre companies to include Birmingham’s historic Virginia

Samford Theatre. Upon graduation, she moved back home to Huntsville to teach and

choreograph for several of North Alabama’s finest dance schools where her

choreography consistently won top awards. Tracey is now the Owner and Director of

Progressive Academy of Dance, a dance school in the North Alabama area. She also

travels as a dance teacher, choreographer, and judge inspiring young people to pursue

their passions through dance.