Diane has been dancing her whole life. She began dancing at the age of 8 and has been teaching since she was 16 years old. Although she teaches every form of dance, her specialties have always been Pom productions and Hip-hop productions. Her first Hip-Hop choreography was 32 years ago. She called her class "Funk" but the moves were what we all know as Hip-Hop today.

Diane was an NFL Cheerleader for the Big Red Line, the St. Louis Football Cardinal Cheerleaders.

After that, Diane was the head choreographer for the former Vic-Tanney Dance Team. This team performed throughout the St. Louis area including "on the field" dance numbers at several sold out St. Louis Cardinal baseball games.

Diane went on to form her own small dance company called "Movement. This was a jazz based performance company.

Diane has been a Hip-Hop presenter at the National level and has been a regional judge for dance competitions.

She has been working for Dance, Inc. for 8 years.