Chris has taught children and adults for 34 years. He received his B.S. in Elementary Education/Special Education from Brigham Young University and has a Masters Degree in Educational Psychology (Gifted and Talented) from BYU.

He has been teaching dance (along with everything else) to children every day for the past 14 years. Chris has taught dance workshops for the Utah State Office of Education and has co-taught with Marilyn Berrett in Brazil at the daCi World Conference. Chris was a keynote presenter at the Fall Networking Arts Conference in Ogden, Utah and was a co-presenter in a panel and lecture demonstration (with Marilyn Berrett and Julie Ahlander) at the 2003 National dance Education Organization conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He also co-presented a paper with Marilyn Berrett at the 2006 NDEO conference in Long Beach, California.

Chris is a proud graduate of Anne Green Gilbert-s Summer Dance Institute in Seattle. He loves giving children the opportunity to express their creativity through dance.

In 2012 Chris received the Governor-s Leadership in the Arts Award for Educational Leadership. Chris was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Utah Dance Education Organization in 2023.