Colette Rood is a dance educator for Vancouver Public Schools and believes that all children deserve an arts education. She not only teaches full time in the district, but also coordinates a district-wide after school dance program. In the past Colette has taught ballet, jazz, and modern in dance studios and choreographed for the non-profit Illumination Youth Dance Company. Colette received her BA in Dance from Western Washington University in 2012 and her Master's in Teaching from Washington State University in 2015.