Ms. Shannon Chang was born and raised in Southern California. She is an alumna of OCSA’s Digital Media Conservatory, who went on to graduate from California State University, Long Beach with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in illustration. With a passion for animation, digital, and fine arts, Ms. Chang strives to improve her craft while helping the next generation of artists find their own passion for the arts.

Ms. Crystal Dancer is thrilled to be teaching at OCSA! She has been dancing, roller skating and doing musical theatre in Orange County since she was a kid. She danced down the streets of the Disneyland Resort for 15 years. She’s worked for Tokyo Disney Resort as a roller-skating pixie. Ms. Dancer also choreographed and starred in her own 50’s roller-skating swing dance show at Universal Studios Japan. She has been working in entertainment production for the past 10 years at the Disneyland Resort and Knotts Berry Farm. Ms. Dancer is an Orange Country School of the Arts, Musical Theatre alumna and a teacher for both the Musical Theatre and Arts & Enterprise conservatories. She also owns CPDW, her own production company that works with multiple event companies across the US, including The Young Americans. Ms. Dancer is a choreographer for Knott’s Berry Farm and OCSA’s Musical Theatre. She teaches dance, acting and production at Stagelight Performing Arts in Brea, workshops at Musical Theater West, and is a substitute teacher for OCSA’s sister school, California School of the Arts – San Gabriel Valley. When she has time, Ms. Dancer can be found baking with her two kids or loving her menagerie of animals, all named after desserts.

Ms. Sarah McGuire is a performing artist and educator who graduated with her Bachelor of Arts degree in theatre and educational studies from University of California, Irvine (UCI). During her time at UCI, she partnered with "Creatively Able" to work with UCI School of Medicine to bring dance to children with cerebral palsy and on the autism spectrum. Ms. McGuire also holds California teaching credentials from CSULB, UCLA, and Mount St. Mary's University, and has served as a credential reviewer for the State of California. She is a graduate of the South Coast Repertory Acting Intensive Program and a proud candidate of Actor's Equity Association. As an Orange County native, she has worked with Disneyland Resort Entertainment, New Swan Shakespeare Festival, Shakespeare Orange County, and South Coast Repertory both in management and performance. Ms. McGuire has been an instructor at the OCSA since 2017, teaching courses ranging from musical theatre, acting, Shakespeare studies, and audition preparation. Ms. McGuire is proud to be a founding instructor of the Arts & Enterprise Conservatory!

Mr. Andrew Pilger has more than 20 years of experience in production and creative writing. A television producer for FOX Sports and many other outlets, he has covered Super Bowls, World Series, and too many other major events to count. Mr. Pilger is a longtime mentor for people new to the television industry. Born in Chicago, Illinois and raised in Orange County, he graduated from California State University, Fresno, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in mass communications and journalism.