EStella johnson

Stella Johnson is a dancer, choreographer, and visual artist from Marin County, California. Throughout high school she has trained and competed with Just Dance Academy in contemporary, jazz, lyrical, ballet, hip-hop, and acro, and she has danced the lead solo in the studio's Nutcracker and spring ballet all four years. She was the studio's highest-scoring competition soloist in 10th and 11th grade and has earned three national dance scholarships. Her summer training includes a pre-college intensive at the School of Creative & Performing Arts in New York City.

Stella coaches more than 40 young dancers each year and choreographs jazz and lyrical competition pieces, including solos for six dancers. She co-founded Rehearse Recite Reuse, which has passed more than 400 costumes on to under-resourced Bay Area studios. Her artwork has been selected for seven campus exhibitions. She plans to study design, keep dancing, and work toward becoming a creative director.