Jennifer Quinalty

Jenn Quinalty is from Russellville, Arkansas. She is a graduate of University of Arkansas Fayetteville, with a Masters degree in Communication Disorders. Mrs. Jenn started dancing in elementary school. She was then a cheerleader for 6 years through junior high and high school where she served as Co-Captain and helped lead her team to win the state cheerleading competition in 1994. She was a cheerleader her freshman year of college and also a member of the dance team her sophomore year in college. She was an instructor for Elite Cheerleading Company, where she taught private cheerleading camps all over the U.S. Mrs. Jenn also taught gymnastics/tumbling and cheerleading classes at Williams Center Gymnastics in Fayetteville and choreographed dances for dance/cheerleading teams before deciding to pursue a career in Speech-Language Pathology. After earning her degree, Mrs. Jenn served as a Pediatric Speech-Language Pathologist for 18 years in the school and private settings. She is the owner of Quinalty Pediatric Therapy. Mrs. Jenn practiced in this capacity for 4 years before making the decision to take a sabbatical from providing full-time Speech-Language Pathology services and focus on family. She continues to provide Speech-Language Therapy on a per diem basis. In 2014, Mrs. Jenn’s passion for dance and fitness was rekindled and she became certified as a Group Fitness Instructor and earned certification as a PiYo Instructor. She has been teaching PiYo for 5 years. Mrs. Jenn received Barre Level 1 International Instructor Certification in January 2020 and has been teaching Barre classes. Mrs. Jenn recently served as the Strength & Conditioning/Nutrition coordinator for the competition dance team at Kaleidoscope Dance Academy from June 2019-May 2020. Mrs. Jenn is also studying to become certified as a Holistic Nutritionist. Mrs. Jenn lives in Bentonville with her husband Mark. They have a son Cayden and a daughter Sydney who is a competition dancer. When not teaching Group Fitness classes, Mrs. Jenn loves spending time with family and friends, boating at the lake, retail therapy and reading. She works as a Speech Language Pathologist at Fusion Therapy Center. Mrs. Jenn is excited to be a part of the TPDC Dance Family and to share her passion regarding the fusion of fitness, wellness and dance with Turning Pointe Dance Center. She serves as the Strength & Conditioning/Nutrition Coordinator for the TPDC Company Dancers.