Amanda Marie Del Cerro is from Miami, Florida and began her dance training at Patricia Peñenori Dance Center under the tutelage Patricia Peñenori and Michelle Martinez. In 2007, she switched to Artistic Dance Center (ADC) where she decided to focus more on her ballet training. While there, her teachers were Elizabeth Acuña Nuevo and Lissette Salgado Lucas who retired from the Winnipeg Ballet in Canada. She then graduated from ADC in 2013. While at ADC Amanda has placed and won at various national dance competitions such as YAGP and The American Dance Competition. She has attended summer programs on full or partial scholarships with the following: Ballet Met, Chautauqua, Charlotte Ballet, Joffrey Ballet Chicago, and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. She auditioned and was chosen for the prestigious Butler Ballet program at Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana where she graduated in 2017.

While there, she worked to acquire a Dance-Pedagogy degree with Business Law and Business Entrepreneurship and Innovation minors. While at Butler, Amanda has been awarded a Butler Merit for her performances in the Nutcracker and accepted an invitation to be part of the National Society for Collegiate Scholars for her academic prowess. She has performed in ballets like the Nutcracker, Midwinter Dance Festival, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, Giselle, and excerpts of Paquita: where each performance is accompanied by a live orchestra.

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Following her dance career, Amanda taught dance at TERRA Environmental Reserch Institute and Archbishop Coleman F. Carroll High School. After three years, she began to work at Miami City Ballet as the School Programs Manager. Following this change, she went back to school in 2021 to acquire her Masters Degree in Nonprofit Management. She graduated from Florida Atlantic University in the summer of 2024