Jacki grew up in Grosse Pointe, Michigan where she began dancing, acting and modeling at a very young age. Jacki has appeared in numerous television and print advertisements for companies including Powerade, Revlon, Jeep, K-Mart, AAA and many more. She participated in community as well as school theatre programs and landed roles in feature films, earning her Screen Actors Guild (SAG) card all before the young age of 10.

With a natural presence in front of an audience, and the gift of teaching others, Jacki went on to teach, train and dance competitively through high school, where she earned top accolades for performance and choreography at the regional and national levels. Jacki is trained extensively in ballet, pointe, tap, jazz, lyrical and contemporary. Jacki received her bachelor’s degree from Alma College with a double major in Dance Performance & Exercise Physiology. In 2011, Jacki moved to Florida where she danced professionally with Surfscape Contemporary Dance Theater before moving to Miami to join the Miami Dolphins Cheerleaders.

Jacki has studied with teachers and choreographers such as Travis Wall, Mia Michaels, Joe Lanteri, Suzi Taylor, Sonya Tayeh, Sherry Gilpin, Thomas Morris and performed with artists from Lou Conte Dance Studio, Eisenhower Dance Ensemble, Surfscape Contemporary Dance Theater, Austin Mahomes, Gloria Estefan, Marc Anthony and Miley Cyrus.

While her love of the stage will always be within her, Jacki now shares her passion for dance with her students. She is STOTT & Lagree Pilates Certified as well as MuvMethod Progressive Dance Conditioning trained. Throughout her teaching years, Jacki’s students have won many overall high scores and title positions at both regional and national competitions and have gone on to dance beyond high school. Jacki aims to train, coach and help her dancers to feel confident, motivated, and inspired to reach their personal goals.