Jasmine Day Montgomery

Jasmine was born in San Jose, California. Her dance journey started in kindergarten with ballet. Her family moved to Jacksonville, Florida when she was 8 and she went to Schools for the Arts from 4th grade through 12th, where she studied ballet, pointe, modern, jazz, hip hop, break dancing, flamenco, African, tap, lyrical, and more. She graduated from Douglas Anderson in 2005 and moved to Louisville, KY for a year, joined a dance team, and was introduced to Salsa and Bachata, and that's when she found her real love. She moved back to Jacksonville and started college at FSCJ to major in Dance, where she was then introduced to Ballroom dancing. In 2013, she was hired at Monarch Ballroom and Dance Studio, where she began professional training in, teaching, performing, and competing in Waltz, Tango (American and Argentine), Foxtrot, Rumba, Cha Cha, Swing, Hustle, Merengue, Bachata, and Salsa. In August 2022, she was invited to teach at, and eventually manage, Studio 904. During the first 2 years, she taught private lessons and trained new teachers. She is currently teaching weekly group classes and monthly workshops. Jasmine is thankful for the comradery, joy, and cultural education that music and dance bring to the world and knows that Dance will continue to be her biggest passion.