MISS MICAYLA BARROWS (Recreational and Competitive Jazz , Lyrical and Hip Hop-)- Micayla Barrows began her dance career at Connecticut Dance Theatre and the Arts at the age of 2. Throughout the next 15 years she remained as a member of the competition team, training in Contemporary, Lyrical, Ballet, Tap, HipHop and Jazz. She has won various awards with her Contemporary solos; First Overall Teen Soloist 2017 at Ticket to Broadway Dance Competition, Top Billing Routine 2017 at Ticket to Broadway Dance Competition, and Miss Senior Energy 2018 at Energy Dance Competition. In addition, she has starred as a backup dancer in a music video for Michaela Baranov, and won the Talent Award for her self-choreographed routine at the Miss Connecticut Competition. Micayla began as an assistant teacher at CTDTA at the age of 14, and started choreographing at 17. She currently teaches both competitive and recreational classes in Lyrical, Contemporary, HipHop, and Jazz. Her competitive group and duo routines have gone on and won various special and top scoring awards. When Micayla is not dancing at the studio she is either attending school at the University of Connecticut as a double major in Neuroscience and Psychology, or she is competing as a titleholder in the Miss America Organization where she stands as the former Miss Southbury 2018, and Miss Bristol 2019. Micayla plans to continue her dance career as a choreographer for CTDTA as well as a dancer herself for the Miss Connecticut Scholarship Organization.