Veronica Gomes

Veronica began her dance journey at Mission Dance & Performing Arts in Donna Delleria’s class in 1995 at the age of 7. She was a part of Mission Dance’s competition team for 11 years and has had training in a variety of dance styles including tap, ballet, jazz, lyrical, hip hop, and pointe. Many of her dance groups competed in and won awards at regional and national dance competitions such as Showstopper, Starbound, Starpower, Starlight, and International Dance Challenge. Veronica is great with children and has been working with them professionally for over 7 years, not only as a dance instructor but as a swim teacher, camp director, and she is currently working as an instructor at an early education center. She will be graduating from San Jose State University in December 2010 as a Liberal Studies Preparation for Teaching Major and Dance Minor. Veronica's extensive schooling for teaching, all of her experience working with kids, as well as her passion of dance creates a very positive environment for the students enrolled in her classes. She hopes to instill her love of dance to all those she teaches and hopes that the studio will become a second home to them, the same way it has to her. She has been honored to be part of MDPA’s amazing staff for over 4 years and part of the Mission Dance family for going on 16 years now.