Kelly Devine received her BFA in Theater & Dance from Chapman University. She went on to work professionally as a dancer, model, and actor, all while teaching and judging for Dance Conventions and Competitions across the country.

Kelly taught at San Clemente High School for many years, where she was honored in receiving Orange County’s “Arts Educator of the year” award.

In 2009, She and Tim Stevenson teamed up to create a better dance convention experience. Together they created Dance aTaK - to advance dance education in a positive, dynamic, and SAFE environment; Teaching and inspiring dancers through intensives with the industry's top dance educators.

HALO dance 4 Autism became a very meaningful component of Dance aTaK (and the start of #teamdanceatak) when Kelly’s own son was diagnosed. HALO has been so very important in her life and she is absolutely thrilled to embark on the future of Dance aTaK x HALO!