Katie Walsh is a soon-to-be graduate of Cal State Long Beach with a Bachelor’s in Dance with a primary focus on performance and education. Katie grew up in San Diego where she began dancing at the age of 3. She began her formal dance training at Grossmont College when she was 16 and has since studied dance and performance at San Diego Mesa College, the University of San Francisco, and CSU Long Beach. Katie has performed regionally with the Welk Resort Theatre Company and Barnstage Company. Since moving to Orange Country a year ago, she has been performing at the GEM Theatre in Garden Grove. Katie has been teaching for 7 years now in a variety of genres, including, tap, jazz, ballet, lyrical, and East-Coast swing.