From Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, Gemma trained under the direction of Lisa Collins Vidnovic at Metropolitan Ballet Academy and Company from the ages of 7 to 18. After high school, she spent a year at the University of Cincinnati’s College Conservatory of Music as a ballet major. She then spent a year as a pre professional student at Colorado Ballet. This past season, she was a trainee at American Repertory Ballet where she had the opportunity to perform in The Nutcracker, Swan Lake Act ll, and Ethan Stiefel’s, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. She can’t wait for her first season with Fort Wayne Ballet.