Born and raised in Portland, Oregon Ariel grew up surrounded by a community of artists, musicians, dancers, and creatives. Trained in Jazz, Modern, Contemporary, Tap, Ballet, and more. Her study started at 6 years old through Buckman elementary into Da Vinci arts middle school. She then trained at BodyVox’s high school program Junior Artist Generators as a scholarship student. Honored to have learned from and worked with choreographers DarVejon Jones, Sara Parker, Rachel Slater, Laura Cannon, Claire Olberding, Thorey Mountain, Laura Cannon, Franco Nieto, Brenda Russell, and more.