About Step by Step

INSTRUCTORS | THE STUDIO | TUITION + POLICIES

INSTRUCTORS

Kristin Carney

Kristin is the owner at Step by Step Dance Academy. She founded Step by Step in 1998 and manages all aspects of her business from choreographing routines to altering and accessorizing costumes. She attended college at the State University College at Buffalo and majored in Fashion Merchandising & Design and minored in Dance.
Kristin has been teaching dance for over 20 years with most of her time teaching at Step by Step. Currently, she teaches Company Teen Tap, Pre Teen Tap, Jr Tap, Company Teen Jazz, Pre Teen Jazz, Company Teen Lyrical, and Adult Tap.
Her favorite class to teach and perform is TAP! Outside of the studio, Kristin enjoys a variety of activities such as working out, running, fashion, floral design, interior design, and event planning. Kristin does it all!

Meet the Team

Joyce Petersen

Joyce is a Product Manager for Scottcare, a cardiovascular medical device company. She earned her undergrad from Ohio Wesleyan University with a major in Exercise Science and a minor in Dance. She went on to complete her Master’s Degree in Exercise Physiology from Kent State University.
Joyce has been teaching at Step by Step for 9 years, and currently teaches Tap, Jazz, Contemporary and Lyrical.
When Joyce isn’t working or dancing, she enjoys running.
Kelly Castro

Kelly works as a nurses aid at a hospital, as well as a dance instructor at Step by Step. Kelly has earned her undergrad at Kent State University studying Exercise Science, and finished her Masters in Occupational Therapy in December 2021.
She has been teaching dance at Step by Step since 2019, she teaches Ballet, Hip Hop ans Musical Theater. Kelly loves all types of dance, but if she had to choose her favorite she would choose Jazz.
In her free time, she enjoys baking and working out.
Jessica Fisher

Jessica started dancing at the age of 5. She enjoyed taking classes in tap, jazz and ballet throughout her elementary years and wanted to be a dance teacher when she grew up. In high school, she was on her school’s competition dance team. But regrettably, Jessica did not continue her dance education into adulthood.
Then, in 2015, at the urging of her husband, Jessica bought a new pair of tap shoes and did her first shuffle in more than 25 years. Now she enjoys being a part of Kristin’s adult tap class and living her dream teaching the beginner adult tap class.
When not dancing, Jessica works as a tax accountant. Her and her husband live in Huron and enjoy spending time with their family including 4 boys, 2 daughters-in-law, 1 grandchild, 1 dog and 3 very spoiled cats.