Hobbies

Dance

Emma has been dancing for over 11 years at Michele's Dance Academy. She has been a member of the Las Cruces Chamber Ballet, a semi-professional ballet company, for 6 years. In addition to ballet, she has done tap, jazz, hip hop, and contemporary.

Emma occasionally teaches level B ballet, level B tap, and level C ballet as a substitute.

Emma (right) performing in the 2024 Nutcracker as Marzipan

Emma performing in the 2023 Nutcracker as Ballerina Doll

Art

Emma also enjoys creating art. Her preferred mediums are colored pencil, graphite pencil, and digital, but she has also dabbled in oil painting, ceramics, and charcoal. She has been drawing for as long as she can remember, and completed her Studio Art Minor in 2024.

Ballet-themed oil painting

Oil paint self portrait

Mouth studies.

Digital avatar drawing of a girl with a frog hoodie.

Ceramics tiles inspired by the Santiago de Compostela in Spain, but with frogs instead of human statues.