Sara Johnson grew up in Norwood Young      America and began dancing at age 3. She  attended dance classes at Metropolitan  Dance Alliance in Shakopee, MN, and at The  Dance Academy at Gymnation in Buffalo, MN,  where she practiced, performed and  competed in ballet, tap, jazz, lyrical,  contemporary, and hip hop until she  graduated from high school in May 2016. She  is currently studying as a dance major at the  University of Wisconsin Stevens Point, where  she is learning from highly respected professors  including Joan Karlen, Michael Estanich and  Jeannie Hill. She has performed in the  semester shows and will have  opportunities to choreograph at school.