Karina has been ballroom dancing from the age of 8 years old, and comes from a family of successful ballroom dancers. Her parents Alex and Julie were World Cup Champions before Karina was born.

Having travelled extensively overseas, she has represented Australia in numerous world championship events for Ballroom, Latin, and 10 Dance, with her favourite competition being the Blackpool Dance Festival in England.

Karina has been successful in winning many prestigious titles throughout her career. Some of her career highlights include: Australian Professional Latin Dancesport Champion, Australian representative to numerous World Championship events, cast member on touring theatre production of Burn the Floor and featured on Channel 7’s Dancing with the Stars Australia series 7.

Awards:

Australian 2010 Dancesport Professional Latin Champion

Australian 2013 Professional Standard Finalist

10 times Australian Juvenile, Junior, Adult & Professional Champion

Qualified adjudicator and coach with DanceSport Australia.