A lifelong dancer, Victoria studied and performed at the University of New Hampshire, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in English. She has a long affiliation with Boston’s Jeannette Neill Dance Studio, where she taught in the adult and children’s programs and also served on the faculty of Boston Youth Moves, the studio’s nonprofit teen dance program. She has studied with master jazz teachers Jeannette Neill and Lynn Simonson, and incorporates principles of the Simonson Technique—an anatomically aware approach to movement—into her adult and teen classes. Victoria also works as a freelance writer and earned her master’s degree in English from Northeastern University.