Lara McIntosh has been dancing all her life. She is an active member of the Seattle dance and drum communities. She is the director and founder of Wassa Dance where she teaches Afro-infused dance classes that are greatly inspired by her travels to Brazil and Mali, West Africa. She has studied tap, ballet, acrobatics, and modern dance. She began teaching in the 2009 ARC Summer Dance program and joined the faculty in 2011. Ms. McIntosh has also choreographed for ARC Youth Dance Company (AYDC)