Julia McColligan

Originally from Ocean Township, New Jersey, Julia started taking ballet classes at The Academy of Dance Arts in Red Bank when she was three years old. Her love of ballet flourished when she began training at Manhattan Youth Ballet at the age of 10, continuing throughout high school, in addition to spending summers at Boston Ballet and Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet. She later graduated from Loyola University Maryland with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism, Public Relations and Advertising, and went on to work in Development for the School of American Ballet and New York City Ballet. She is currently on the Luxury and Design Collection team at Hearst Magazines.