Shelly is a Principal Educator for Polestar Pilates Education.  She has taught for Polestar Pilates since its inception in 1992.  Shelly trained with Polestar co-founders Brent Anderson and Elizabeth Larkam, as well as other master trainers in the US and abroad. She worked as a physical therapy aide with Polestar President Brent Anderson for 7 years, and later moved with Polestar to Miami in 1998. Shelly is co-founder of Polestar Pilates Miami, a Pilates-evolved conditioning, rehabilitation and physical therapy studio in Miami, Florida.  She is pursuing certification in the Gyrotonic Expansion System with Angela Crowley.  She has been a member of International Association for Dance Medicine & Science (IADMS) since 1996 and is a member of the Pilates Method Alliance. Shelly danced professionally for 12 years with the Sacramento-based modern dance company Dale Scholl Dance/Art. She received her BS degree in Dance from California State University, Sacramento, where she served on the faculty from 1992-1998.