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Fun fact: I grew up going by my middle name, Alyssa, but when I ended up in the same classes and on the same dance team with another girl who had the same first and last name as me, I started going by my ACTUAL first name, Talia. Now, half of my friends call me Talia, and my oldest friends/family still call me Alyssa. Take your pick!

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I am currently on my 6th year teaching at Cypress Ridge High School in Houston, TX. I am the dance teacher and drill team director for the Dazzlers Dance Team. I started as the assistant director, and after 5 years in that position, I now serve as the head director. Throughout the day, I teach dance as a fine art or PE credit to grades 9-12, and after school I focus on our drill team events and practices. I truly love what I do. However, it is also very time consuming, and my motivation for continuing my education was to have a plan in the future for when I have more kids and the "coach" life becomes too demanding.

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I graduated from Texas A&M University in May 2011 with a BBA in Marketing. While at Texas A&M, I was on the Texas Aggie Dance Team and served as Captain my senior year. The last basketball game that I danced at was the National Championship, where our girls basketball team beat Notre Dame to win it all!!!

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My family is so important to me. My husband, Michael, and I have been married for 4 years, and a year ago we had our first child, a son named Parker. He is truly the sweetest, cutest, most hilarious child on the planet! I'm a little biased, of course... ;)

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I met my (now) husband when we were in 7th grade. We started "dating" the May 2003, the summer following 8th grade year. We dated all through high school. We also went to separate colleges- he played baseball at  WTAMU- about 8 hours from where I was in College Station.