Jessica Lott is currently a Freshmen Dance Science Major at Texas A&M University. She has been dancing for 15 years now, training at various places in the Houston area in Ballet, Jazz, Lyrical, Tap, Contemporary and Modern. She has competed as a member of the Hintze Dance Center Competition team under the direction of Virginia Hintze and Michelle Chaverria and was a member of her high school drill team, the Crimson Cadettes. Jessica has won numerous high point awards and scholarships from competing at dance competitions and dance conventions, including being personally invited by the artistic director of Joffrey Ballet School’s Contemporary program to participate in their summer intensive.  Jessica was selected to perform in opening number acts at Star Systems, Starbound, and Show stoppers national competitions and has traveled with her competition team to Austria, Germany and Italy to perform in the Young! Tanzsommer Dance Festival. She has had the privilege to take master classes from Millie Johnnie (former dancer with Urban Bush Women), Karen Potter (Director of Case Western Reserve Dance Department), Gary Galbraith (former dancer with the Martha Graham Dance Company), Terrence Duncan (former principal dancer with New York Theatre Ballet) Dorrell Martin (Creator/director of the Jazz and Contemporary program at the Joffrey Ballet School) among many others. She has also been acknowledged for her own choreography and has choreographed numerous works. Jessica enjoys performing but most of all enjoys teaching children of all ages. She has taught at Hintze Dance Center in Houston, Texas, Gentri Gandry Dance Factory in College station, Texas and at Expressions Dance Studio in College Station, Texas. Currently Jessica teaches during the school year at Expressions Dance Studio, choreographs and guest teaches at Hintze Dance Center.