Shaela received her BFA in Dance Performance with a K-12 Teaching Certification from Towson University. She performed with the Towson University Dance Company as well as choreographed/performed for the 2013 American College Dance Festival in VA. She also trained, on scholarship, at the American Dance Festival where she performed in the Footprints show and in repertory by Abby Zbikowski. Shaela has performed with Abby Z and the New Utility based in NY, Christopher K. Morgan & Artists in DC, and with various vocal performers including Thomas Beard and Carolyn Black-Sotir. Shaela has taught for Towson University Community Dance, the Jewish Community Center of Greater Baltimore, and Anne Arundel County Public Schools. She currently teaches dance at McDonogh School and Morton Street Dance Center. Shaela began dancing with Full Circle Dance Company in 2017.