Quita Love-Cheramie grew up in small town in Idaho where she danced on both her Jr. High and High School dance teams. She received her undergraduate dance degree in Dance Education from the University of Idaho, and did her student teaching at the Las Vegas Academy of International Studies, Visual and Performing Arts. Post graduation, she taught creative movement at the Fransiscan Cre-Act School in Pocatello, Idaho, taught at Idaho State University as adjunct faculty, created and coached a high school dance team and danced with I-Move. She graduated in 2009 Arizona State University with her MFA where she taught various levels of Jazz, Dance History, Modern and Yoga/Pilates and focused her research on arts integrated education. Quita has stayed active in the dance scene in valley by dancing with area companies and choreographers, presenting her work at the Arizona Dance Festival and teaching at various community colleges, including Glendale Community College, Paradise Valley Community College and Estrella Mountain Community College. She has set work on the dancers at PVCC and EMCC, and continues to set work on VERVE at GCC.