Shareen DeRyan received her initial training at Ballet Arts Academy in Spokane, Washington and continued training at Lines Ballet in San Francisco. In the Bay Area, she is a freelance dancer and has danced for companies like Kristin Damrow & Company for seven years, and Kinetech Arts for three years. She has performed in various works for companies like Fullstop Dance, Mud Water Theatre, Bellwether Dance, ZiruDance and Rawdance. She has performed in works by choreographers like Sidra Bell, Jon Kinzel, Christian Burns, Robert Moses, Mark Foehringer, Christy Funsch and more. Currently Shareen is in her seventh year of dancing with Jennifer Perfilio Movement Works. Alongside freelance dancing, she is a co-director of Bodies of Empowerment (BOE), and she has a Reiki and sound healing practice.