Atlanta native, Ashley Nichole Johnson began her formal dance training at the age of two. It was at Norma's Academy where she discovered her love of dance. Her training and company experience comes from Norma's Academy of Dance, Ballethnic Academy of Dance, Total Dance, and North Carolina School of the Arts. While attending Tri-Cities High School, Ms. Johnson was a dance major, but was also seen in several musical theater performances, and was accepted into the Governor's Honors Program. After high school, Ashley continued her education at The University of the Arts. Ms. Johnson had the privilege of training and working with dance masters Carmen DeLavallade, Milton Myers, Cleo Parker Robinson, Ron K. Brown, Christopher Huggins and many more. During her college career, she had the pleasure of becoming a member of Philadanco's Second Company D-2. In 2007, Ms. Johnson returned to Atlanta and while there she became a member of The NBA's Atlanta Hawks A-Town Dancers. In 2008-09 Ms. Johnson was a member of the up and coming Dance Theater X and also auditioned in Memphis, TN for Season 9 of Fox's Hit TV Show “So You Think You Can Dance”. Ms. Ashley made it through to Las Vegas being picked to move on over thousands of dancers. After four years as a member of the NBA's Philadelphia 76ers Dream Team, Ms.Johnson decided to fully commit herself to the development of youth through the art of dance.