Born in Maryland, United States, Ava was introduced to dance by her mom when she was three years old. After training primarily in classical ballet, she attended the SC Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities in Greenville, SC, where she began to study modern forms such as Graham, Horton, and Limòn. She recently graduated from the Boston Conservatory at Berklee, earning a BFA in Contemporary Dance Performance with an emphasis in Choreography. There, she performed works by Aszure Barton, Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, Gustavo Ramírez Sansano, and Heather Stewart. She has presented choreography at The Dance Complex, SOMArts, and PMT House of Dance. Last fall, she traveled to Brussels, Belgium to attend the annual Flying Low/Passing Through Workshop at TicTac Art Center, led by David Zambrano.