Introduction

Hello, my name is Tami Franklin. I moved back to my hometown of Stillwater one year ago to pursue a college degree. After graduating High School in 1990, I took a path where I enjoyed a marriage of fifteen years, the birth of a daughter and a son, plus many opportunities to share my love of dancing with others. I have always loved to dance for as long as I can remember. I have taught for over twenty years and owned my own studio for fourteen, teaching ballet, tap, jazz, lyrical, pointe, pom, and competitive dance. In 2007 I began learning a new style of dance. Partner dancing is very different from being a solo dancer. I love two-step, shuffle, and waltz, but my newly found favorite 'West Coast Swing' is the bomb!!  I am also a sincere lover of Star Wars, not the kind that dresses up and goes to conventions, but the one who is truly touched and inspired by its story and characters. I sometimes wish that I could live, "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away......" My current focus is on achieving a BA in Liberal Studies and maybe going into the field of International Studies where I hope to seek out and explore life and among its beauties find a few of its secrets.