Dance Styles: Jazz, Ballet, Hip Hop, Cheer, Pom, Lyrical, Contemporary, Modern, African Caribbean, Salsa, Heels, Acro Dance, Musical Theater, Belly Dancing, Line Country Dance & Zumba

Christa Gonzales is the Director & Owner of Image Dance Studio since 2007. She has been dancing for 43 years. She started when she was 2 years old. Christa has trained under: Pam Rogers, Sherri Stockdale, Sandy Nugent, Dale Scholl, Dr. Goodrich, Nolan T, Lisa Ross and Nathan Jones. Christa was a member of the Vintage High School cheerleading squad for 4 years as captain and choreographer. Christa sang in the Vintage High School choirs and choreographed for Vocal Music Workshop Choir her senior year. In 1998, Christa was crowned Miss Teen Napa County U.S.A. Christa attended Napa Valley College and received an AA in Humanities and Fine Arts. While attending NVC she participated in dance productions and assisted in choreography. Christa graduated from Sacramento State University with a B.A in Dance/ Theater. While at CSUS she performed and choreographed for Jazzee Company & Jazzee Touring Company. She also performed in Sacramento's Best of Broadway show in 2002. Christa has expanded her talent into a singing career. For 3 years she was a back-up singer for a Latin band called "Che Su Barrio Latino". She also explored acting as another talent. She was featured in a independent film called "Render". Christa was a teacher at Expressions Dance Studio in Napa for 2 years. She helped coach and choreographed for their competition teams. For 9 years, Christa was involved in the Napa Valley Junior Miss Scholarship Program "Distinguished Young Women". Christa as the producer, choreographer and director for the organization. Christa has taught and choreographed for the 6th grade Musical Theater classes for Napa Valley Language Academy for 5 years. She has also had the privilege of working with Boys & Girls Club at Redwood, Silverado, Harvest & River. For 2 years Christa taught at Precision Dance Studio. She coached for their Jazz and Lyrical Competition Teams. She also was a guest choreographer for El Camino High School Dance Department in San Mateo for their halftime routine for the Big Game Basketball. Christa has also choreographed and performed for big corporate events in Napa through "Capstone Events" and "Stark Advantage". Christa was a contestant for Season 7 & 8 on Fox Television Show " So You Think You Can Dance". In season 7 of "SYTUCD" Christa was one of the 36 contestants left out of 3,000 people who auditioned for L.A. She also coached and choreographed for the North Bay Rattler Girls Semi-Pro Cheerleading team for 2 years from 2012-2013. Christa was the cheerleading coach in 2019 for Justin Siena High School. Christa choreographed & was a dancer for K.I.D Fashion performance at the 2024 Estilo Latam Fashion Show at Duckhorn Winery. Christa will be starting two new dance programs this school year 2025-26 at Vallejo High School & Jesse Bethal High School. She is excited to be apart of this new program & to help develop it in the school's. Christa loves teaching kids and seeing them develop over the years. She wouldn't trade it for the world.

Dance Styles: Hip Hop, Jazz, Ballet, Theatre & Acro Dance

This is Kaya's 2nd year as a teacher at Image Dance Studio. She has studied dance for 5 years in styles such as Ballet, Jazz, Hip Hop & Acro Dance. Kaya has been a part of theatre programs in Napa. She was part of the "Jungle Book" at Napa High School and Lucky Penny "Enchanted Book Story". Kaya also performed at Blue Oak in the theatre program. Kaya enjoys singing and has taken private lessons for several years. Kaya competed last year in her competition Hip Hop solo & won High Gold at Starbound. She looks forward to competing next year with her Sr Hip Hop team as captain. Kaya is teaching all 5 classes at the dance studio this next year. She enjoys helping other's grow and can't wait to see her students achieve their goals in class.

Dance Styles: Jazz, Contemporary, Heels, Pom & Hip Hop

Monse Garcia has been dancing for 13 years thanks to Christa, who was her very first dance teacher. Monse has been on dance teams of all styles such as Image Dance Studios competitive dance team, Napa High Spiritleaders, Momentum dance club in Chico & Chico States very first competitive dance team called Expressions! Her most recent projects have included being a part of LA carnival in Hollywood. Monse was a back-up dancer for the Latin artist Kid-Fashion. Monse is a teacher at Image Dance Studio where she teaches adult classes. She enjoys teaching and giving back to the community of Napa. This is Monse 4th year teaching at Image Dance Studio.