Sara DeGennaro is an award-winning author, dancer, and teacher. She was introduced to ballet at age three and was accepted into the prestigious School of American Ballet at eight, where she earned the privilege to perform with its renowned affiliate, New York City Ballet. She also trained internationally with the Royal Danish Ballet in Copenhagen. She has owned and directed a classical dance school on Long Island for over 30 years, inspiring young dancers through both teaching and her children’s books, with her first published in 2022. Sofia’s First Ballet Class: Ballet is Fun! won the 2025 International Impact Book Awards in Performing Arts.