Dawn completed her Dance Degree in 2000 at Dean College School of Dance, graduating Suma Cum Laude. She has also participated in dance classes at the Community College of Rhode Island, Rhode Island College, PC, and the American College Dance Festival in Connecticut and New Jersey. In 2000, Dawn implemented the Dance Program at Mount St. Charles Academy in Woonsocket, RI. During the years of 1989-1996, Dawn worked at The Arc of Northern Rhode Island - The Homestead Group, where she formed a dance troupe and taught many classes for students with disabilities. She is a certified teacher and member of Dance Teachers' Club of Boston along with the American Society, and Dance Masters of America.