Dr. Sandra Colton-Medici is an author, educator, and artist. Sandra has toured as a backup dancer for Rihanna, appeared on Lifetime's hit show Dance Moms, was a top finalist on Season 1 of FOX’s So You Think You Can Dance, has performed on Star Search, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno singing backup for both Paulina Rubio and Katharine McPhee, MadTV, the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show with Justin Timberlake, worked with Beyoncé and choreographer JaQuel Knight on Black is King, in music videos for Snoop Dogg, Justin Timberlake, Chelo, The Game, Katharine McPhee, Raphael Saadiq, Marie Serenholt, Cascada and Too Short. Her resume also includes work as an actor in The Day The Earth Stood Still, national commercials for Fruit of the Loom, Subway, and Nationwide Insurance.
Sandra’s book, Passion P.I.P.E.L.I.N.E., hit #1 on Amazon’s New Release List for One Hour Self-Help Short Reads on its debut date, September 1, 2020 (Book 1 of the Passion Book Series). Her first self-help book, Book Me! How To Become A Successful Working Dancer In Hollywood, with a foreword by choreographer Brian Friedman, was selected by Dance Spirit Magazine as a book of the month. She has published three magazines (Dance Track, Dance Team, Original Girl) and her freelance writing can be seen in Flaunt Magazine, Dance Spirit Magazine, and more. A digital strategist and curriculum design specialist, Sandra utilized her knowledge to develop and launch Course Sweetener, an online program to help entrepreneurs create, launch, and scale their online courses. Sandra is the creator of Icons of Online Movement, a Virtual Conference, and her ‘Level Up’ Instagram Live chat series has over 50 episodes and continues to generate informative conversations regarding the shift to online dance class options due to the global pandemic in 2020.
Sandra holds a Doctor of Education, with a specific emphasis on Organizational Change and Leadership, from the University of Southern California. Her doctoral dissertation explored e-commerce marketing strategies and methods used to target online consumers. Sandra's background includes teaching as a Lecturer of Dance Studies at USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance, and she has guest lectured at Arizona State University and Indiana University. Her latest work is a curation of moving images that demonstrate how dance impacts pop culture on DanceAndPopCulture.com. Sandra’s weekly podcast Sweet Bytes with Sandra dishes up digestible bytes of digital business tips, funky asides from her entertainment career, lifestyle hacks, and inspiration to help entrepreneurs move their ideas forward.
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