Terri's love of dancing started at the age of four when she began her dance training with tap, jazz, acrobats, and ballet at a studio located in Michigan. She spent many years showcasing  her talent in recitals,  local parades, the Whiting Auditorium, the Cheasaning Showboat, and Lowell Showboat, just to name a few. She was captured many times in local newspapers and was even dubbed "the little charmer in the middle" because of her bright smile and enthusiasm about dancing. In her early twenties, Terri became a Ballroom,Swing, and Latin dance instructor for a local studio. After several years of dance training and student showcases, she became an independent instructor and began expanding her teaching methods and styles. A few years later, Terri opened her own Professional Dance Studio in Flint. Student choreography started expanding into showcase performances, which lead into pro-am competitions with her students always placing 1st, 2nd, or 3rd and Terri herself winning Teacher Awards.  As her clientele continued to grow, she relocated her studio three times in seven years. At the present time, Terri is an independent instructor who is skilled at dancing and professionally trained at teaching Waltz, Foxtrot, East Coast Swing,West Coast Swing, Hustle, Salsa/Mambo, Night Club II Step, Night Club, Cha-Cha, Rumba, Tango, Samba, and more. She has been invited by several local colleges and dance studio's to choreograph routines and opening dance shows. She has been coached by U.S. Champion dancers in Swing, Hustle, Ballroom,and Latin. She is a past Jack & Jill Competitor and finalist, and a current trainer for Jack & Jill competitions. She is a member of the Great Lakes Swing Club, and member of the NDCA when she is competing. Since 2007, Terri has been teaching for 15 years.