Amelia left home at the age of fifteen to pursue a career in professional ballet at the University of The North Carolina School of the Arts. Her passions then shifted and she went on to pursue acting. She holds a B.A. in Performance from Fordham University and an M.F.A. in Acting from the American Repertory Theatre at Harvard University. Amelia’s first professional acting job was in the Broadway production of The Man Who Came To Dinner starring Nathan Lane and Jean Smart. She has been teaching dance and theater for the past 15 years in both the NYC and Washington D.C. areas.