Krista began her dance training in New York with the Chenango Ballet Theater and Wendy Wade Dance Studio at the age of three, where she studied ballet, lyrical, jazz, modern, and hip-hop.  She performed in such classical works as Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, La Bayadere, The Sleeping Beauty, Rodeo, and Stars and Stripes.  She has also trained with several modern dance companies such as Alvin Ailey II, Limon, Sean Curran, and Paul Taylor II in summer dance intensives, as well as with dancers from The Warsaw Ballet, New York City Ballet, and Kansas City Ballet Companies.  Krista began instructing at her studio at the age of fourteen and was the choreographer for the Oneonta High School Dance Team for four years.  She also choreographed for the South Kortright Dance Team that competed statewide and brought home first place two years in a row.  Krista attended Point Park University on scholarship as a modern dance major before she relocated to Naples in the fall of 2006.