2022 - 2023 CPDT Members
Athena Conley
Hometown: Long Beach, California
Year on Dance Team: 1st
Year at Cal Poly: Junior
Major: Business administration
Favorite thing about CPDT: My favorite thing about CPDT is the bonds between all the girls on the team. They have such a great sense of community, and I cannot wait to be a part of that so soon!
Role model: My role model is my grandma. She is the strongest, most selfless person I have ever met, and I’m so lucky to have someone like her to lookup to every day.
Future goals: In the future, I hope to move to either LA or New York directly after college to pursue an MBA, while hopefully working as an intern for a financial firm.
Random fact: When I was a baby, my twin sister and I played baby Emma on Friends! (but only temporarily because my sister cried too much and they had to replace us lol)
Avery Lee
Hometown: San Diego, California
Year on Dance Team: 1st
Year at Cal Poly: Freshman
Major: Nutrition
Favorite thing about CPDT: Being able to continue my passion for dance in college
Role model: My mom
Future goals: To be successful and happy in whatever path I take
Random fact: I can do a blind taste test of several different water brands and get them all right.
Emily Comerford
Hometown: Pleasanton, CA
Year on Dance Team: 3rd
Year at Cal Poly: Junior
Major: Ethnic Studies
Favorite thing about CPDT: Having the best teammates ever!! They truly are so supportive of everyone and are always reliable with anything you need
Role model: My mama
Future goals: Becoming a sports psychologist
Random fact: I have a really flexible diaphragm (has to be seen in person lol)
Hailey Flowers
Hometown: Mission Viejo, California
Year on Dance Team: 2nd
Year at Cal Poly: Sophomore
Major: Child Development
Favorite thing about CPDT: Performing with my best friends!
Role model: My parents
Future goals: I want to go on the grad school to become a physical therapist for special needs children and own my own practice. I also hope to become an NFL or NBA cheerleader.
Random fact: I was on The Price is Right and won the whole showcase!
Jillian Steinhilber (Co-Captain)
Hometown: San Diego, California
Year on Dance Team: 4th
Year at Cal Poly: Senior
Major: Architecture
Favorite thing about CPDT: Performing at all the games, meeting my best friends, and continuing to pursue one of my many loves in this life!
Role model: My family
Future goals: Practically, become a licensed architect in California! On the side maybe a house flipping business or a potato cookbook!
Random fact: I own a 1970 Volkswagen bug (drive stick-shift), love to BBQ, and lived abroad for a year!
Julianna Christopolous
Hometown: Tustin, California
Year on Dance Team: 2nd
Year at Cal Poly: Sophomore
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Favorite thing about CPDT: Performing and bonding with the best teammates!
Role model: My parents
Future goals: To be working in the engineering field
Random fact: I can solve a Rubik's cube
Kassidy Kar
Hometown: Fresno, CA
Year on Dance Team: 1st
Year at Cal Poly: Freshman
Major: Nutrition
Favorite thing about CPDT: Meeting people who also love dance, and getting to continue performing
Role model: My Parents
Future goals: Find a job I love doing, start a family, and buy a mansion
Random fact: I love watching Dodger Games
Kate Roarke
Hometown: Burbank, California
Year on Dance Team: 1st
Year at Cal Poly: Freshman
Major: Journalism
Favorite thing about CPDT: Getting to perform for the school and continue my passion for dance!
Role model: My mom & dad
Future goals: I want to work in graphic design or writing
Random fact: I played softball when I was younger
Katie Chriss
Hometown: San Clemente, California
Year on Dance Team: 3rd
Year at Cal Poly: Junior
Major: Construction Management
Favorite thing about CPDT: Being able to continue dancing and make the greatest memories
Role model: My dad! He is the most inspirational person I know
Future goals: To enjoy college and make memories that I will cherish forever
Random fact: I passed out from corn nuts
Lauren Fujii
Hometown: San Mateo, CA
Year on Dance Team: 1st
Year at Cal Poly: Freshman
Major: Public Health
Favorite thing about CPDT: Everyone is such good friends!
Role model: My teammates and the girls I dance with
Future goals: Find something I love to do and be happy!
Random fact: I’ve swam with sharks
Leslie Romero
Hometown: Long Beach, California
Year on Dance Team: 1st
Year at Cal Poly: Freshman
Major: Kinesiology
Favorite thing about CPDT: getting to build a family doing something we all love
Role model: My dance teacher sonia bryman is my biggest role model because she does everything with immense amount of love care and thought. Her passion for her students and what she does keeps me driven and motivated.
Future goals: I would say I have big dreams for the future as I’d like to become a chiropractor by day and dance teacher by night.
Random fact: A random fact about me is that i’ve been choreographing since i was 10, but a really random fact is that i have an albino boxer that is deaf and my family and I have taught her sign language!
Lexi Garbiero
Hometown: Long Beach, California
Year on Dance Team: 1st
Year at Cal Poly: Freshman
Major: Biological Sciences
Favorite thing about CPDT: The girls and the environment built!
Role model: One of my role models would probably be one of my first dance teachers, Chanelle. She inspired me to work hard and dedicate myself to dance because that's exactly what she did. Plus, she inspired me to begin teaching young children and sharing my passion the same way she did.
Future goals: My future goal is to have a steady and stable career somewhere in the medical field, have a family, and still have dance somewhere in my life. I overall just want to be happy in my future and let life take me on my own path.
Random fact: I can move the bottom of my eye/my lower lashes
Lexi McFarlane
Hometown: Danville, California
Year on Dance Team: 4th
Year at Cal Poly: Master's student
Major: Industrial Technology and Packaging
Favorite thing about CPDT: Bonding with the girls and performing at games
Role model: My dance teacher, Rachel Jackson
Future goals: To be on shark tank and work as a packaging engineer
Random fact: I’m afraid of the dark
Mia Licosati
Hometown: Solana Beach, California
Year on Dance Team: 2nd
Year at Cal Poly: Sophomore
Major: English
Favorite thing about CPDT: how close every single girl is and how supportive we are!
Role model: Dave Portnoy
Future goals: Lawyer maybe!
Random fact: I like to do handstands
McKenna Douglas
Hometown: Temecula, California
Year on Dance Team: 2nd
Year at Cal Poly: Sophomore
Major: Biology
Favorite thing about CPDT: Getting to dance and perform for the student body with amazing friends!
Role model: My mom and dad
Future goals: Graduating with a B.S. in Biological Sciences and getting into medical school.
Random fact: I can't go out without hoops on
Natalie Levesque
Hometown: Huntington Beach, California
Year on Dance Team: 3rd
Year at Cal Poly: Junior
Major: Journalism
Favorite thing about CPDT: Getting to dance with my best friends everyday.
Role model: My parents.
Future goals: To be an entertainment newscaster or work in some type of production
Random fact: I could've pursued a career as an opera singer
Nicole Arcolino
Hometown: San Jose, California
Year on Dance Team: 4th
Year at Cal Poly: Senior
Major: Liberal Arts and Engineering Studies
Favorite thing about CPDT: Dancing with my friends, especially during late night practices.
Role model: Tyra Banks
Future goals: Working at a tech company in SF, coding and designing.
Random fact: I’m related to Jersey Shore's DJ Pauly D.
Riley Gotowala
Hometown: Ramona, California
Year on Dance Team: 2nd
Year at Cal Poly: Sophomore
Major: Business Administration
Favorite thing about CPDT: My team!!
Role model: My high school coach
Future goals: to grow as a dancer and see what career I can make out of it
Random fact: I'm allergic to cats
Sydney Stone (Co-Captain
Hometown: Temecula, CA
Year on Dance Team: 3rd
Year at Cal Poly: Junior
Major: Recreation, Parks, and Tourism Administration
Favorite thing about CPDT: Getting to do what I love with my best friends while representing Cal Poly
Role model: My dance teacher, Brittney Anderson
Future goals: To work for a Major League Baseball team
Random fact: I have nine toes
Toula Hubbard
Hometown: San Diego, CA
Year on Dance Team: 1st
Year at Cal Poly: Freshmen
Major: Industrial engineering
Favorite thing about CPDT: Making new friends and being able to do what I love!
Role model: My parents
Future goals: To be an engineer
Random fact: I have danced for 16 years
