Ms. Paige Borowski received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in dance from The Juilliard School in 2018. She studied under world-renowned instructors and choreographers, including, Jiri Kylian, Crystal Pite, Aszure Barton, Pam Tanowitz, and Bobbi Jene Smith. Ms. Borowski later continued to dance in Switzerland for the Ballett Theater Basel where she performed and toured works by Bryan Arias, Johan Ingor, Jiri Porkorny, Alexander Ekman, and Sharon Eyal. In addition, she was on faculty for the Ballettschule Theater Basel, where she assisted in developing their Modern and youth programs. Ms. Borowski acted as the founding director of Collegiate Arts Prep, the premiere college consulting agency for young artists. She now lives and works in her hometown of Los Angeles and is looking forward to a wonderful inaugural year teaching for OCSA’s Commercial Dance Conservatory.

Ms. Kyla Chaney, a Los Angeles native, holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in dance performance and dance choreography from the University of California, Irvine (UCI). At the young age of four, she quickly found a love for dance, training in classical ballet in Torrance. At the age of 14, her love expanded to all forms of dance and she embarked on a journey of training in other styles, alongside ballet. Her summers were spent training with Dance Theatre of Harlem, Alonzo King Lines Ballet, Complexions Contemporary Ballet Company, Breaking Barriers, and Abraham in Motion. She has trained under the direction of Tiffany Billings, Anthony Burrell, Kyle Abraham, Antonio Hundell, Alonzo King, Maleek Washington, and many more. Ms. Chaney has also been a part of numerous commercial training programs in Los Angeles, including Kolanie Marks & friends, MOTUS the Company, Troupe Dance Company, and Cameron Lee’s Potion Company, all under the mentorship of Diana Matos, Kolanie Marks, Antoine Troupe, Codie Wiggins, Paris Goebel, Toby Deedaran, Shay Latukolan, Rich & Tone and many more. While at the UCI, Ms. Chaney has performed works by Lar Lubovitch, Chad Michael Hall, Loretta Livingston, Dr. Ama Wray, Lindsay Gilmour, and Ariyan Johnson. In exploring her creative outlet, she has been presented with the opportunity of choreographing pieces for UCI’s annual shows, for live theater and for film works. Ms. Chaney is in the process of making a name for herself within the Los Angeles dance industry since graduating in June 2021. She can be seen dancing in music videos with artists such as Doechii and Becky G, and has performed in live shows and many video projects for creative concepts. She currently teaches students of all ages in Torrance and Orange County. Ms. Chaney continues to train to expand her artistry as a performer, choreographer, and teacher, striving daily to reach goals beyond the norm.

Ms. Yuka Fukuda, originally from Tokyo, Japan, trained at George Mason University in Virginia and The Ailey School in New York City. Upon graduating in 1999, she was invited to join Ailey's second company 'Ailey II', performing with them from 1999-2002. Ms. Fukuda went on to be a company member of Dallas Black Dance Theatre for two years. She performed in six productions of The King and I, including at the Papermill Playhouse, as well as several national tours. She played the role of Victoria in Cats at West Virginia Public Theater. She served as an assistant choreographer for the production of Gospel Gospel Gospel directed and choreographed by Otis Sallid. Ms. Fukuda has worked with renowned choreographers such as Robert Battle, Jessica Lang, Jacqulyn Buglisi, Donald Byrd, and Ronald K Brown. She was last seen in the production of Aida with the Los Angeles Opera. As a teacher, Ms. Fukuda has taught at the Nang Young Academy of Fine Arts in Singapore, Dallas Black Dance Academy, Lula Washington Dance Theater, and Debbie Allen Dance Academy and headed up the Modern department at Champs Charter High School for the Performing Arts. She is a faculty member at LACHSA (Los Angeles County High School for the Arts), Colburn School, Idyllwild Arts Academy, and City Ballet of Los Angeles.

Ms. Jia Huang graduated from University of California, Irvine with a bachelor's degree in dance. In 2007-2008 she appeared on television shows such as Dirty Dancing and America’s Best Dance Crew with her team Kaba Modern. She spent 2009 on The Circus Tour, starring Britney Spears, as one for four female principal dancers. She was a founding member, choreographer and dancer for the professional Jazz company RhetOracle and Mischief Makers. She has been a dancer in multiple music videos and commercials, and choreographed a promo video for the 2017 Grammys. She has been on the USA Dance staff for 11 years. Ms. Huang has been awarded Rookie of the Year, Hardest working in 2015, 2017 and 2019, MVP for 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2016, and most recently the Leadership Award. She is an experienced judge, having judged competitions such as World of Dance, USA High School Dance Nationals, UDA College Dance Nationals, Japan Dance Nationals and Dance Worlds. She is happy to be a faculty member at OCSA and its sister school, California School of the Arts – San Gabriel Valley, but spends most of her time teaching and choreographing for high school teams and studios in California. She has taught master classes in Canada, Australia, Norway, China, Mexico, Japan and continues to teach all over the US.

Ms. Hope Jackson graduated college with a bachelor’s degree in communication from Utah Valley University where she danced on scholarship for the UVU Ballroom Tour Team. Ms. Jackson has been teaching and dancing professionally for 17 years. She has danced for Hallmark’s My Christmas Kiss and Marriott hotels. Ms. Jackson has performed on Dancing With the Stars twice, as well as many other television and stage appearances for companies like Nuskin and Sundance to name a few. She has performed and competed around the world. Ms. Jackson is an award-winning, certified Latin dance teacher with a background in gymnastics, modern, and ballet who loves to teach, choreograph, and dance.

Originally from the Chicagoland area, Mr. Nathan Lopez is a passionate choreographer who radiates confidence in his work. He explores the idea of dance being an idealistic, yet abstract reaction to the everyday life around us. Mr. Lopez received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in dance from AMDA College & Conservatory of the Performing Arts in 2021. The intensive training and professional level mentorship Mr. Lopez experienced has greatly impacted his knowledge in the craft. Mr. Lopez has been very grateful to have had many live stage and film opportunities. Some of his credits include K. Flay, Asya Saavedra, SYTYCD and more. Mr. Lopez is very passionate about setting students up for success in the dance industry while maintaining a healthy relationship with their craft.

Mr. Luis “L.T.” Martinez is a performing artist, director, choreographer, stunt performer, and entertainment entrepreneur from Whittier, California. He began his career in the arts as a musician and quickly transitioned from backstage crew to performing on stage during his high school years. Mr. Martinez holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts, and has a deep passion for live music and film production as well as a not-so-secret affinity for pointing and/or flexing his toes. Mr. Martinez is also an alumnus of the Western States Arts Federation's Emerging Leaders of Color program. In July of 2020, Mr. Martinez and his creative cohorts founded CASA ALTA: an entertainment and educational collective that aids in the production of creative work by and for independent artists and small businesses in effort to benefit the Public. In June of 2022, Mr. Martinez and the Troubadour Theatre Company were awarded by the L.A. Drama Critics Circle for Best Ensemble in their production of Lizastrata, which was co-produced by the Getty Villa. In September of 2022, he graduated from the intensive Stunt Boot Camp and Advanced Camp at L.A. Stunts Training Center in Atlanta under the direction of Michael Long, Sarah Ekstrand, and Nathan Moore.

Mr. Jacob Piattoni (CMD, ‘18) is a Southern California native and grew up as a trained competitive dancer. He is an alumnus of OCSA’s’ Commercial Dance Conservatory and has earned many awards for his innovative choreography. Mr. Piattoni has continued to work independently to provide unique choreography to top-scoring studios, high schools, colleges, and dance conventions throughout the United States. He has also worked as a contracted choreographer for Matthew Morrison’s Go The Distance official music video and live D23 Experience Show. Mr. Piattoni currently works at multiple Southern California dance studios and high schools, and acts as a resident dance coach and choreographer for OCSA’s celebrated performance group MONTAGE!. You can find Mr. Piattoni at OCSA every day working closely with Creative Director, Cindy Peca. He is beyond thrilled to come home to the Commercial Dance Conservatory and continuously prioritize instilling his passion for movement in his students, and will continue to do so with every class and project he works on.

Ms. Chalatorn Ujamras has trained in jazz, lyrical, modern, ballet, tap, hip hop, and contemporary from many top choreographers. She attended OCSA, and trained with the West Coast School of the Arts and The Dance Company of San Francisco under the direction of Chris Jacobsen. Ms. Ujamras has traveled throughout the United States as an assistant to Tina D’Amato Sidoni assisting with dance instruction and choreography. In 2004, she also traveled as an assistant for LA Dance Magic Conventions under the direction of Jackie Sleight and Dave Carter. She now choreographs and teaches master classes all around the country at various dance studios, colleges, and high schools including OCSA. Ms. Ujamras graduated from California State University, Long Beach with a Bachelor of Arts degree in dance. She has also been a part of Unity LA under the direction of Tessandra Chavez. She has done a Camp Rock 2 promo, and appeared on various episodes of America’s Got Talent and The Big Bang Theory as a dancer. Her students have won numerous titles at The Dance Awards for Dancer of the Year and have been on So You Think You Can Dance. In 2016, Ms. Ujamras won Best Jazz Choreography at the Industry Dance Awards.