Chara Huckins started dancing at the age of three with Virginia Tanner's Children's Dance Theater. She graduated Magna Cum Laude with a BFA in modern dance from the University of Utah where she was the recipient of the Elizabeth R. Hayes Scholarship. She holds a M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction Creative Arts in Learning from Lesley University. Chara is a certified movement specialist that has brought the magic of dance to students and teachers with her performances, dance classes, chorography, and professional development workshops through the Utah Artist-in-Education Program. She performed both contemporary and historical modern dance with Repertory Dance Theater. Chara teaches and choreographs for the Children's Dance Theater. She is a dance specialist for the Beverly Taylor Sorenson Arts Learning Program where she inspires hundreds of students to learn, create, and perform through the art form of dance.