Miss Amanda Diorio was born and raised in Massachusetts. There she grew up studying theatre and dance until 1998 when she left to attend Temple University in Philadelphia. While in school she participated in many dance productions both on and off campus. After graduating with a BFA in dance in 2002 Amanda became a full time dance teacher. Since then she has taught hundreds of students in the Philadelphia area Ballet, Jazz, Hip-Hop, Modern, Lyrical, Tap and Acrobatics. Now living in North Carolina she is working as a teaching assistant while pursuing her MFA in choreography and teaching part time for the Greensboro Dance Theatre.