She Created the Dance Studio She Was Looking For. Now, It’s a Nationwide Brand.

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Jami Stigliano’s vision for DivaDance started when she realized the dance classes she was going to weren’t helping her achieve her goals of having fun and meeting new people.

“I was determined to create an experience that inspired confidence and built community — the two very important things that I was looking for in that experience. So I just started teaching my own classes,” Stigliano says.

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At the time, Stigliano was working in the music industry in New York City, but