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Hello! My name is Monet Sumter. I am the founder and CEO of The Warehouse Dance Academy. I started dancing when I was 2 and immediately found my passion. I first started in ballet, then I moved on to jazz and tap. As I got older and started competing, I realized that I could have a dance career and that I didn't have to stop after high school. I was introduced to majorette in the 7th grade when my middle school principal suggested that I should join the band at the high school I would be attending. I went to the first practice and fell in love so I spent the next four years training in majorette as well as jazz, technique, lyrical, hip hop, and occasionally acro/tumbling, and ballet. I stopped dancing completely during my senior year during the peak of COVID-19 in 2021. During that time I reflected on what I wanted my future to look like and saw myself in a dance studio, making people of all ages confident in themselves and giving people the experience of dance. The next day I was sitting down making plans for the first season and reaching out to people that I thought would be interested. Every day since that day has been a blessing and I am forever grateful for our growing family!