“ Some of the most important feedback I’ve gotten is from army wives who say, “We really love the show. We love what you’re doing.” And they always separate themselves out and say, “We’re real army wives,” and those are the compliments that mean so much to me.

“ Everyone supports these soldiers and their wives, and that’s where the power of our show lives … in that undeniable truth.

“ It was the performance aspect of dancing that I really loved…I realized that it was just being on stage and it was that aspect of it that I really loved so once I got to college I more heavily pursued acting and that was what I was really passionate about.