Shaquida Vergo is a California native and moved to Las Vegas to obtain her BA in Dance Production Management in 2012. She graduated from UNLV, Spring 2014, and is now a part-time instructor in the Dance Department. She also guest teaches at various schools across the valley. She is a Teaching Artists for The Smith Center Las Vegas, former Paraprofessional at Thurman White Academy, and is the head of the Dance Department at Las Vegas High School. She has been training in dance since age eleven and is also a lighting, sound, video, and costume designer, and a freelance photographer.