Our Owners
Heather has over 25 years experience as a dancer. She is studio trained in ballet, tap, jazz, hip-hop, lyrical, pom and tumbling. She has coached and choreographed competitive and recreational dance for over 13 years. She was a member of Long Beach State’s nationally ranked dance team and she has 8 years experience as a dance instructor with the United Spirit Association (USA) in the song/pom program and 5 years as a head instructor. She has taught and performed all over the country including Disneyland’s California Adventures “Block Party Bash” where she was a featured dancer. From OC’s inception in 2003, OC All-Stars dance teams under her direction have brought home over 100 National titles as well as numerous 1st place finishes. They have also won such awards as “Best Choreography”, “Best Costume”, “Overall Highest Score”, and the coveted “Dance Program Award” given to the highest scoring dance program. OC’s dance teams have been given a partially paid bid to attend the Dance Worlds in Orlando, Florida for the past 3 years where they have made it to Finals and placed in the top 5 each year. Heather has also helped coordinate half time shows for the Pro Bowl in Hawaii, the San Francisco 49ers and the Los Angeles Clippers. She graduated from Long Beach State with a BA in Communications and a minor in Dance. As well as having founded OC with her husband, John, she is also the proud mommy of her 3 children Nathan, Brandon & Ashley.
Contact Heather at heather@ocallstars.com
John started his cheerleading career as a high school cheerleader for two years before cheering at Oregon State University for four years, where he was captain of that team for the last two seasons. After graduating from Oregon State in 1996 he became an instructor for the United Spirit Association (USA) for ten years. Six of those years he was a head instructor teaching high school and college camps all across the West Coast from Washington, Oregon, California, Utah and Nevada. John was a high school French and Spanish teacher from 1997-2001 at Jesuit High School in Portland, Oregon where he coached the high school cheerleading team. He also coached pole vault for the track team as well as Football for the last season. During this time he started the first of two all star gyms as well as was a member of the Portland Trail Blazers stunt team. While in Oregon, John choreographed high school and colleges around the Pacific Northwest while judging local and National high school and collegiate cheer competitions.
In 2001, John moved to Southern California and began coaching locally while still teaching summer camps for USA and was a member of the Los Angeles Clippers stunt team. In the spring of 2003, John and his wife, Heather, co-founded OC All Stars Cheer and Dance. Since then, John has become the sole owner of OC All Stars. While coaching teams at OC John also teaches many tumbling classes for all levels and ages. John also judges nationally and speaks at cheerleading conferences across the country.
John is USASF Certified Levels 1 – 5 in Tosses, Stunts, Tumbling.
Contact John at john@ocallstars.com
Our Directors
Abby began studio dance at the age of 4, where she competed for 10 years before joining her High School Dance Team. Abby led her team to 4 consecutive State Championships, numerous National titles, as well as choreographed her team’s award winning kick routines. Abby was selected as a four time American All-Star Dance Team Member, Super Bowl XXXVII and XXXVIII Half-time performer, danced aboard the Princess Cruise as a featured performer, and was Captain her senior year. After high school, Abby worked as a lead dance camp instructor while going to school for her BFA in Dance at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee where she was on scholarship and the Deans Honors list. Her most notable performance was as a principle soloist in Alwin Nikolais’ “Tensile Involvement”. Abby has choreographed many award winning competition Pom, Kick, and Jazz routines over the last 15 years. Abby has continued her passion for dance by teaching at two National Champion All-Star dance studios in Southern California, and has also been a member of award winning All-Star Dance Teams in Orange County California. In 2014, Abby led her team and placed 3rd in the United Stated and 5th in the World at the USASF Worlds Competition in both Pom and Jazz. In 2015, Abby was a member of another Open Pom Dance Team, placing 1st in US Finals, and received the Bronze medal at USASF Worlds. Most recently Abby competed with the OC All-Stars DWA Dance Crew and competed The Dance Worlds 2016. Abby has a “Team before Self” approach to coaching, and loves teaching at OC!
Angela Andros is a former NFL Cheerleader for the Los Angeles Rams and San Diego Chargers as well as being a USA Dance/Drill staff Instructor and owner of Touche. Ange brings 43 years of training and 30 years of coaching experience. As a professional dancer, Ange was a Los Angeles Rams Cheerleader, San Diego Chargers Dancer, USA Dance/Drill staff member which led her to perform in the Pro Bowl London, Pro bowl in Germany and HBO’s 1st and 10! Ange was the Program Owner and Director for “Touche” dance from 1999-2006. Re-opened Touche in 2015 and received a Bid to USASF Worlds in 2015. She has led her teams to win many National and Grand National Champion Awards which gave her a top name in the Dance Team industry. NDA Choreography Award 2013/2014 and Back to Back National Titles in Daytona with NDA 2011 and 2012. USA Hip Hop National Champions 2013. NDA National Champions 2016 along with many other awards. Currently Ange is the Head Dance Coach at Fullerton College, Asst. Coach Long Beach State, and Head Coach Trabuco Hills High Competition Song Team.
Ali has been involved in cheerleading since 2001. She began her coaching career as a gymnastics instructor and cheer coach in 2002, and taught recreational and team gymnasts for 4 years before completely switching over to cheerleading. She has competed on advanced level All Star, High School and College teams since then and has competed four times at the USASF Cheerleading Worlds, most recently with OC’s All Girl Open team which took 4th place at the 2011 Cheerleading Worlds. Ali has also worked and judged for JAMZ and NCA cheerleading companies. Before cheerleading, Ali spent 10 years in competitive gymnastics having spent her last year training level 8. Ali has been with OC since 2008 and is also USASF Certified Levels 1 – 6 in Tosses, Stunts, and Tumbling.
Contact Ali at alison@ocallstars.com
Mandy began her cheerleading career in 8th grade in Allen, Texas. She went on to be the captain of her varsity cheerleading team as well as competing at a highly ranked all-star gym. She was on the first ever team to ever win at the USASF Cheerleading World’s in 2004. She also spent her high school years as an athlete for Pro X, a professional cheerleading company. The end of her senior year in high school Mandy joined NCA (National Cheerleaders Association) and has been working for them since 2005, teaching camps and helping run competitions all around the country. For college Mandy attended Oklahoma State University where she got her degree in Health Promotion. She was a cheerleader there for 4 years and captain for 2 of those years. While in college she choreographed for many teams around the state of Oklahoma and worked at a very competitive all star gym. She started working for OC All-Stars in August of 2009. Mandy is our cheer director for both location and part owner of OC All-Stars Anaheim. Mandy is also USASF Certified Levels 1 – 6 in Tosses, Stunts, and Tumbling.
Contact Mandy at mandy@ocallstars.com
Lauren has been involved with the competitive cheer and dance industry for the past 13 years. For 10 years, Lauren was on competitive All Star teams. She has also been honored with awards such as “Most Dedicated” and was voted Team Captain for 2 years of her cheer career. She does double duty at OC as a Front Desk Assistant, and a tumbling and cheer coach. Lauren also head coaches the Introductory to Cheer “White Team” every season. Just this past summer Lauren was also promoted to Day Camp Director. Currently Lauren is working on her Bachelor’s Degree in History and Fine Arts at Concordia University in Irvine. She hopes to continue her studies and become a college professor. She is very blessed to be a part of the OC Family!
Michell started as a customer service/front desk representative for children’s gyms since 1994 when her own kids started being in the gym more than they were at home. Michell enjoys being around children and being the OC All Stars Office Manager. This allows her to not only be with her own children, but all the other kids at the gym as well. She has been working long enough to now see some of the kids get married and bring their own children to learn and grow as well. This is definitely a great joy for her. If you have any questions or concerns please stop by the front desk and she will be glad to help in any way.
Contact Michell at michell@ocallstars.com
Brittany is originally from Paso Robles, CA and moved down to Orange County for college in 2009. She has been involved in cheerleading since 2004, after deciding to make the switch from competitive gymnastics to cheerleading. Since then, she has been involved in both all-star and college cheerleading. She was also a cheerleader for the Los Angeles Clippers for one season during college. One of her biggest cheerleading accomplishments was winning NCA College Nationals with Orange Coast College in 2012.
Brittany began coaching recreational and competitive gymnastics in 2006 and then began coaching cheerleading in 2008. In 2011, she also began working for the cheerleading company NCA (National Cheerleader’s Association) where she is a head instructor for high school camps throughout California and helps develop the curriculum taught at camps nationwide. Brittany attended college at Orange Coast College and Long Beach State University. In December 2012 she received her degree in Kinesiology with an emphasis in Exercise Science. Brittany has been with OC since August 2012 and is also the Pep Squad Head Coach and Varsity Cheer Coach at Jserra Catholic High School. Brittany is also USASF Certified Levels 1 – 5 in Tosses, Stunts, and Tumbling.
Contact Brittany at brittany@ocallstars.com
Cheer & Tumbling Staff
Jon Ogden Photography is the official photographer for the OC All-Stars. Jon brings over 25 years of photography experience and specializes almost exclusively in Cheer and Dance Portrait as well as Action Photography. You can find his work all over this website or on Instagram @JonOgdenPhotography or on Facebook. His website is at www.JonOgdenPhotography.Photoreflect.com
Jaimee Turner has been cheerleading since 2003. Starting at Pop Warner and then transitioning into all-star cheer. Jaimee also joined her high school cheer squad, where she was captain her sophomore and senior year. She continued to cheer with Maximum All-Stars until she aged out and then joined OC All-Stars’ own, all girl level 6 team, Neon! For college, Jaimee attended Fullerton college, where she completed the cosmetology program and obtained her license. She loves being a cheer coach and being apart of the OC family!
Contact Jaimee at jaimee@ocallstars.com
Maddy was born and raised in Orange County California. She started cheering at the age of 3 in local Pop Warner programs – winning 24 national titles over 5 years in Hawaii, Florida, and Las Vegas. At the age of 12 Maddy switched to all-star cheer at Maximum all-stars cheering on a Junior 3 and Senior 4 Coed team until she aged out of the program at 18. She has been coaching since the age of 14 from pop warner, academy classes, to high school teams and all-star cheer for the last 8 competitive seasons. She currently coaches at Katella High School and coaches the junior 3 team here at OC All-Stars. Maddy graduated from Azusa Pacific University in 2014 with a degree in psychology and currently works full time as an accountant. Maddy is also USASF Certified Levels 1 – 5 in Tosses, Stunts, and Tumbling.
Contact Maddy at maddy@ocallstars.com
Danielle has been cheering since the age of 5. She started at Canyon Hills Pop Warner and then came to All Stars in 2007. She also competes on OC’s All girl level 6 team, Neon. Along with cheering, Danielle played volleyball to the college level. She has been in and out of coaching cheer and volleyball since 2009. She has found her way back to coaching All-Star and is going on her 3rd season. Along with coaching teams she enjoys coaching tumbling and prep classes. She also coaches at Canyon High School, where she is the head cheer coach. Danielle is also finishing up her degree in Child Development.
Contact Danielle at danielle@ocallstars.com
Paige Reiber has been cheering for 13 years. She cheered for Canyon Hills Pop Warner from 1999 through 2006. In 2007, she started cheering at Maximum All-Stars and then went on to cheer at Canyon High School where she was captain all four years. She has coached pop warner cheer for 2 years and all star cheer and tumbling for 3 years. Paige is currently senior at Cal Poly Pomona where she studies fashion merchandising. Paige is also USASF Certified Levels 1 – 5 in Tosses, Stunts, and Tumbling.
Shelby grew up in Yorba Linda, California where she has cheered for more than half her life. She began competitive cheer at the age of 7. Shelby started coaching tumbling for 2 years and recently joined the OC family in 2016. She is currently a student at Fullerton College to become a hair stylist. Once done with school she plans to go back to cheer to create more memories and make new friends. Shelby is very excited to be apart of the Oc staff!
Alexis has been apart of OC All-Stars since 2010 and is in her 6th season competing with us. She started out on a youth level 3 team and is currently on Senior Silver and Smoke. She has also been on Trabuco Hills High School’s cheer team for 4 years and has been captain of her freshman, JV, and Varsity teams. She started working as a staff member for summer camps in 2015, and now teaches both preschool and academy classes. One day she plans to become a trauma nurse. She feels so incredibly blessed to have the opportunity to not only cheer for OC All-Stars but also be able to work here as well!
Susanne started her cheer and dance career in first grade and continued through high school. She started working with preschoolers in middle school and started coaching her junior year in high school. She started her cheer coaching career in Bartlesville, Oklahoma as the JV cheer coach, after a year she then started coaching All Star cheer in Tulsa. During her last two years in Oklahoma she worked full time at a school for kids on the Autism Spectrum and loved every minute of it! Susanne has a passion for working with younger kids and loves being able to help develop their cheer and dance skills. Susanne attended Northeastern State University where she earned her degree in visual communications with an emphasis in photography and a minor in graphic.
Contact Susanne at susanne@ocallstars.com
DJ was born and raised in Orange County California. He has played almost every sport through high school, anywhere from football to track and field, until he found his true passion of cheerleading. He then began cheering at his high school and at an all-star gym. In college he cheered at Orange Coast College (occ) where he won two national championships at NCA and USA. He was also captain of the OCC cheer team for two years. DJ also works for United Spirit Association (USA). He has been an instructor since 2012. He helps to choreograph their spring material and is apart of the USA street team. DJ now coaches Century High School, where he is the varsity coach. Along with coaching at OC All-Stars he also continues to keep his skills by competing on the level 6 team, Shadow.
Contact DJ at dj@ocallstars.com
Nelson has been involved in the cheerleading industry for over 20 years. He spent his early years working for the United Spirit Association teaching camps, developing camp program material, and coordinating events such as halftime shows for the NFL, MLS, Women’s World Cup Soccer and the Millennial New Year’s Day Parade in Paris, France.
Nelson began his All-Star coaching career back in 2000 by helping open the first ever cheer gym in San Jose, CA. There he led his Large Coed Team to the USASF Worlds competition on a paid bid two years in a row along with building and developing a very successful All-Star program. Upon moving down to Orange County he coached the first team in Orange County to go to Worlds on a paid bid, doing it for two straight years, while also helping OC All-Stars triple in size.
Along with his work with All-Star teams, Nelson currently coaches several local High Schools including Valencia High School and Canyon High School. He continues to work with Monta Vista High School, a high school in Northern California, once a month. Along with coaching teams, Nelson also teaches in the Academy Tumbling program and teaches tumbling to several High Schools at the OC All-Stars Anaheim location. Nelson is USASF Certified Levels 1 – 5 in Tosses, Stunts, and Tumbling and is CPR, First Aid and AED Certified.
Beside coaching Nelson is very involved behind the scenes at OC. From website, to media, to graphic design, and so much more, Nelson is involved in many aspects of OC All-Stars Cheer and Dance.
Contact Nelson at nelson@ocallstars.com
Shane grew up in Palmdale, CA where he played baseball and football the majority of his life. He was introduced to cheerleading at 16 years old at a small gym named AV Dynasty All-Stars. Shane came to OC All-Stars in 2013 and cheered on our worlds team, Black, where his cheerleading passion finally peaked. He started coaching at OC in 2014 and also cheers on our International open level 6 team, Shadow. He is also a student and cheerleader at Orange Coast College. Shane’s passion for cheer has only grown being at OC and loves every second of being here. He has gained a lot of lifetime friends being at OC and he looks forward to many more years here!
Contact Shane at shane@ocallstars.com
Amy has been apart of OC All-Stars ever since it opened. She has competed on various levels, going all the way up to Senior Level 5 and was most recently a member of Black. Amy is now apart of our coed level 6 team. Amy is currently studying at Saddleback College and plans to major in nutrition. She has been coaching at OC since 2012 and she loves it! Amy loves to teach tumbling, stunts and doing her own choreography.
Contact Amy at amy@ocallstars.com
Caitlyn began competitive cheer at the age of 5 and has been cheering ever since. She has competed on an OC team since 2003 and continues to cheer on OC’s All girl open level 6 team, Neon. Caitlyn has attended The Cheerleading Worlds with with OC for the past 5 years and received a Full Paid Bid with her Small All-Girl Level 5 team in 2010. She has been coaching teams for 3 years at OC and can’t wait to coach more in the future!
Contact Caitlyn at caitlyn@ocallstars.com
Ali has been involved in cheerleading since 2001. She began her coaching career as a gymnastics instructor and cheer coach in 2002, and taught recreational and team gymnasts for 4 years before completely switching over to cheerleading. She has competed on advanced level All Star, High School and College teams since then and has competed four times at the USASF Cheerleading Worlds, most recently with OC’s All Girl Open team which took 4th place at the 2011 Cheerleading Worlds. Ali has also worked and judged for JAMZ and NCA cheerleading companies. Before cheerleading, Ali spent 10 years in competitive gymnastics having spent her last year training level 8. Ali has been with OC since 2008 and is also USASF Certified Levels 1 – 6 in Tosses, Stunts, and Tumbling.
Contact Ali at alison@ocallstars.com
Mandy began her cheerleading career in 8th grade in Allen, Texas. She went on to be the captain of her varsity cheerleading team as well as competing at a highly ranked all-star gym. She was on the first ever team to ever win at the USASF Cheerleading World’s in 2004. She also spent her high school years as an athlete for Pro X, a professional cheerleading company. The end of her senior year in high school Mandy joined NCA (National Cheerleaders Association) and has been working for them since 2005, teaching camps and helping run competitions all around the country. For college Mandy attended Oklahoma State University where she got her degree in Health Promotion. She was a cheerleader there for 4 years and captain for 2 of those years. While in college she choreographed for many teams around the state of Oklahoma and worked at a very competitive all star gym. She started working for OC All-Stars in August of 2009. Mandy is our cheer director for both location and part owner of OC All-Stars Anaheim. Mandy is also USASF Certified Levels 1 – 6 in Tosses, Stunts, and Tumbling.
Contact Mandy at mandy@ocallstars.com
Lauren has been involved with the competitive cheer and dance industry for the past 13 years. For 10 years, Lauren was on competitive All Star teams. She has also been honored with awards such as “Most Dedicated” and was voted Team Captain for 2 years of her cheer career. She does double duty at OC as a Front Desk Assistant, and a tumbling and cheer coach. Lauren also head coaches the Introductory to Cheer “White Team” every season. Just this past summer Lauren was also promoted to Day Camp Director. Currently Lauren is working on her Bachelor’s Degree in History and Fine Arts at Concordia University in Irvine. She hopes to continue her studies and become a college professor. She is very blessed to be a part of the OC Family!
John started his cheerleading career as a high school cheerleader for two years before cheering at Oregon State University for four years, where he was captain of that team for the last two seasons. After graduating from Oregon State in 1996 he became an instructor for the United Spirit Association (USA) for ten years. Six of those years he was a head instructor teaching high school and college camps all across the West Coast from Washington, Oregon, California, Utah and Nevada. John was a high school French and Spanish teacher from 1997-2001 at Jesuit High School in Portland, Oregon where he coached the high school cheerleading team. He also coached pole vault for the track team as well as Football for the last season. During this time he started the first of two all star gyms as well as was a member of the Portland Trail Blazers stunt team. While in Oregon, John choreographed high school and colleges around the Pacific Northwest while judging local and National high school and collegiate cheer competitions.
In 2001, John moved to Southern California and began coaching locally while still teaching summer camps for USA and was a member of the Los Angeles Clippers stunt team. In the spring of 2003, John and his wife, Heather, co-founded OC All Stars Cheer and Dance. Since then, John has become the sole owner of OC All Stars. While coaching teams at OC John also teaches many tumbling classes for all levels and ages. John also judges nationally and speaks at cheerleading conferences across the country.
John is USASF Certified Levels 1 – 5 in Tosses, Stunts, Tumbling.
Contact John at john@ocallstars.com
Brittany is originally from Paso Robles, CA and moved down to Orange County for college in 2009. She has been involved in cheerleading since 2004, after deciding to make the switch from competitive gymnastics to cheerleading. Since then, she has been involved in both all-star and college cheerleading. She was also a cheerleader for the Los Angeles Clippers for one season during college. One of her biggest cheerleading accomplishments was winning NCA College Nationals with Orange Coast College in 2012.
Brittany began coaching recreational and competitive gymnastics in 2006 and then began coaching cheerleading in 2008. In 2011, she also began working for the cheerleading company NCA (National Cheerleader’s Association) where she is a head instructor for high school camps throughout California and helps develop the curriculum taught at camps nationwide. Brittany attended college at Orange Coast College and Long Beach State University. In December 2012 she received her degree in Kinesiology with an emphasis in Exercise Science. Brittany has been with OC since August 2012 and is also the Pep Squad Head Coach and Varsity Cheer Coach at Jserra Catholic High School. Brittany is also USASF Certified Levels 1 – 5 in Tosses, Stunts, and Tumbling.
Contact Brittany at brittany@ocallstars.com
Dance Staff
Nicole has been dancing since she was 6 years old and fell in love. Growing up she joined various ballet companies, High School Song, and competed in jazz and hip hop. Her first year of college she joined Santa Monica Colleges dance company, Synapse, where she performed in showcases with various choreographers such as Sean Greene, Denise Leitner and and Joelle Martinec. Dancing for SMC is where she discovered her love for contemporary dance and joined Blurred Ink with Anthony Languren. Currently, Nicole is a member of the Concrete Dance Initiative, Touché and the West Coast Queens at OC All-Stars. Outside of the dance world, she is a personal trainer and finishing her Bachelors in Kinesiology at Cal State Fullerton in the hopes to pursue Physical Therapy school soon after.
Sam started dance at the age of 3. Dance has given her many opportunities to teach and assist dance at many dance studios throughout the United States. She has also had the opportunity to travel to Australia 3 times to teach dance in Sydney and Canberra. She trained at the well renowned studio, Just Plain Dancin’ & Co. for 10 years under the direction of Terry Schulke and Mandy Rogers. Her training included Ballet, Jazz, Lyrical, Contemporary and Hip Hop. She competed for JPD and has won many national awards with her team. Sam now teaches Jazz & Lyrical Classes as well as choreographing group dances and solos competitively. She is also a student at Fullerton College working on her degree in Business and is on their Nationally ranked Dance Team.
Jon Ogden Photography is the official photographer for the OC All-Stars. Jon brings over 25 years of photography experience and specializes almost exclusively in Cheer and Dance Portrait as well as Action Photography. You can find his work all over this website or on Instagram @JonOgdenPhotography or on Facebook. His website is at www.JonOgdenPhotography.Photoreflect.com
Alina started her ballet career at the age of 18 in Kyiv, Russia where she graduated from the Kyiv State Dance Academy. She has traveled the world and danced nearly 750 shows with the Russian National Ballet Company & Moscow Festival Ballet. Her impressive repertoire includes Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Nutcracker, Don Quixote, Shopeniana, Romeo and Juliet, Cinderella, Bolero, Giselle, Coppelia, Carmina Burana, The Night Before Christmas, Duchess Olga, Prince Igor and The Lady of Camellias. Dance is Alina‘s passion, and she loves inspiring her students to achieve their goals.
Chelsi Gunderson has over 22 years of experience as a dancer. She is studio trained in numerous forms, but hip hop has become her passion! She competed on the nationally recognized Dakota Dance Team for 7 years and had the opportunity to train at conventions such as THE PULSE, JUMP, and MONSTERS OF HIP-HOP during that time. In 2007, she was awarded a scholarship from choreographer Chris Judd at THE PULSE convention in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Chelsi has been teaching hip-hop classes and coaching competitive teams for 11 years and in 2009 began her own choreography company with a colleague; Persona Studios, Inc. In just three years of operation, Persona Studios, Inc. has had routines place first over 85 times, win 6 state titles, receive 10 national choreography awards, two year running National Champions for hip hop duet at UPA Nationals, and 6 National Grand Champion routines. Chelsi has taken from and worked with some of the best choreographers in the industry including: Marty Kudelka, Luam, Dave Scott, LaurieAnn Gibson, Shane Sparks, Nappy Tabs, Rhapsody, Mike Peele, Gil Duldulao, Mr. Wiggles, Poppin’ Pete, Chris Judd, Mia Michaels, Brian Friedman, Tyce Diorio, Tahlia Favia, and MORE! Chelsi LOVES teaching and coaching hip-hop and always strives to make class and practice a ton of fun for all students, while also recognizing the benefits of hard work!
Abby began studio dance at the age of 4, where she competed for 10 years before joining her High School Dance Team. Abby led her team to 4 consecutive State Championships, numerous National titles, as well as choreographed her team’s award winning kick routines. Abby was selected as a four time American All-Star Dance Team Member, Super Bowl XXXVII and XXXVIII Half-time performer, danced aboard the Princess Cruise as a featured performer, and was Captain her senior year. After high school, Abby worked as a lead dance camp instructor while going to school for her BFA in Dance at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee where she was on scholarship and the Deans Honors list. Her most notable performance was as a principle soloist in Alwin Nikolais’ “Tensile Involvement”. Abby has choreographed many award winning competition Pom, Kick, and Jazz routines over the last 15 years. Abby has continued her passion for dance by teaching at two National Champion All-Star dance studios in Southern California, and has also been a member of award winning All-Star Dance Teams in Orange County California. In 2014, Abby led her team and placed 3rd in the United Stated and 5th in the World at the USASF Worlds Competition in both Pom and Jazz. In 2015, Abby was a member of another Open Pom Dance Team, placing 1st in US Finals, and received the Bronze medal at USASF Worlds. Most recently Abby competed with the OC All-Stars DWA Dance Crew and competed The Dance Worlds 2016. Abby has a “Team before Self” approach to coaching, and loves teaching at OC!
Christiana first fell in love with dance in high school and has 17+ years experience as a dancer, and 12+ years experience as a teacher. Her training is heavily focused in Hip Hop, Jazz, Pom and Musical Theater, and she has experience in both studio and competition teams. She danced on her high school’s dance team, and entered the All-Stars competition world with CC Elite All-Stars during her junior year of high school where she competed at the National Dance Team Championships in Orlando, Florida. During college, Christiana intensively studied Musical Theater at Young Harris College in Georgia, and played key roles in numerous musicals including ‘Hodel’ in Fiddler on the Roof, ‘Velma Kelly’ in Chicago, ‘Belle’ in Beauty and the Beast, and served as a dance captain and co-choreographer in Oklahoma, West Side Story and A Chorus Line. She also choreographed featured pieces for multiple Dance Showcases, and was given an outstanding choreography award for a Hip Hop fusion piece. Christiana currently trains in dance and subs classes at Jimmie DeFore Dance Center in Costa Mesa, and she performs with multiple dance companies across Orange County. She is extremely passionate about dance, and her heart is to share her love with students to inspire them to excellence! She competed with the 2011 Open Hip Hop Dance Team at OC All-Stars, and she is so excited to be back and teaching OC’s awesome students!!
Angela Andros is a former NFL Cheerleader for the Los Angeles Rams and San Diego Chargers as well as being a USA Dance/Drill staff Instructor and owner of Touche. Ange brings 43 years of training and 30 years of coaching experience. As a professional dancer, Ange was a Los Angeles Rams Cheerleader, San Diego Chargers Dancer, USA Dance/Drill staff member which led her to perform in the Pro Bowl London, Pro bowl in Germany and HBO’s 1st and 10! Ange was the Program Owner and Director for “Touche” dance from 1999-2006. Re-opened Touche in 2015 and received a Bid to USASF Worlds in 2015. She has led her teams to win many National and Grand National Champion Awards which gave her a top name in the Dance Team industry. NDA Choreography Award 2013/2014 and Back to Back National Titles in Daytona with NDA 2011 and 2012. USA Hip Hop National Champions 2013. NDA National Champions 2016 along with many other awards. Currently Ange is the Head Dance Coach at Fullerton College, Asst. Coach Long Beach State, and Head Coach Trabuco Hills High Competition Song Team.
Heather has over 25 years experience as a dancer. She is studio trained in ballet, tap, jazz, hip-hop, lyrical, pom and tumbling. She has coached and choreographed competitive and recreational dance for over 13 years. She was a member of Long Beach State’s nationally ranked dance team and she has 8 years experience as a dance instructor with the United Spirit Association (USA) in the song/pom program and 5 years as a head instructor. She has taught and performed all over the country including Disneyland’s California Adventures “Block Party Bash” where she was a featured dancer. From OC’s inception in 2003, OC All-Stars dance teams under her direction have brought home over 100 National titles as well as numerous 1st place finishes. They have also won such awards as “Best Choreography”, “Best Costume”, “Overall Highest Score”, and the coveted “Dance Program Award” given to the highest scoring dance program. OC’s dance teams have been given a partially paid bid to attend the Dance Worlds in Orlando, Florida for the past 3 years where they have made it to Finals and placed in the top 5 each year. Heather has also helped coordinate half time shows for the Pro Bowl in Hawaii, the San Francisco 49ers and the Los Angeles Clippers. She graduated from Long Beach State with a BA in Communications and a minor in Dance. As well as having founded OC with her husband, John, she is also the proud mommy of her 3 children Nathan, Brandon & Ashley.
Contact Heather at heather@ocallstars.com
Preschool Staff
Alexis has been apart of OC All-Stars since 2010 and is in her 6th season competing with us. She started out on a youth level 3 team and is currently on Senior Silver and Smoke. She has also been on Trabuco Hills High School’s cheer team for 4 years and has been captain of her freshman, JV, and Varsity teams. She started working as a staff member for summer camps in 2015, and now teaches both preschool and academy classes. One day she plans to become a trauma nurse. She feels so incredibly blessed to have the opportunity to not only cheer for OC All-Stars but also be able to work here as well!
Susanne started her cheer and dance career in first grade and continued through high school. She started working with preschoolers in middle school and started coaching her junior year in high school. She started her cheer coaching career in Bartlesville, Oklahoma as the JV cheer coach, after a year she then started coaching All Star cheer in Tulsa. During her last two years in Oklahoma she worked full time at a school for kids on the Autism Spectrum and loved every minute of it! Susanne has a passion for working with younger kids and loves being able to help develop their cheer and dance skills. Susanne attended Northeastern State University where she earned her degree in visual communications with an emphasis in photography and a minor in graphic.
Contact Susanne at susanne@ocallstars.com
8TA Staff
Ashar is a Power Tumbler from South Africa. Ashar was honored to represent South Africa for 5 years on the South African National Team. He has been trained by both the Russian National team Coach and the US Team Coach. He has been ranked on both the South African and U.S. circuit. His passion for tumbling has kept him in the sport for 22 years with over 10 years coaching experience. Ashar loves to pass the passion on to kids that just want to flip like he still does.
Contact Ashar at ashar.david@gmail.com
Front Desk
Sofia has been working as the customer service/front desk for about three years now since she stopped high school cheer at Canyon High School. She loves being around kids and providing great services as she is pursuing a degree in Sociology at Cal State Fullerton. Stop by our front desk if you have any questions and she’ll be happy to help you!
Lauren has been involved with the competitive cheer and dance industry for the past 13 years. For 10 years, Lauren was on competitive All Star teams. She has also been honored with awards such as “Most Dedicated” and was voted Team Captain for 2 years of her cheer career. She does double duty at OC as a Front Desk Assistant, and a tumbling and cheer coach. Lauren also head coaches the Introductory to Cheer “White Team” every season. Just this past summer Lauren was also promoted to Day Camp Director. Currently Lauren is working on her Bachelor’s Degree in History and Fine Arts at Concordia University in Irvine. She hopes to continue her studies and become a college professor. She is very blessed to be a part of the OC Family!