Tonya Ford trained and danced at Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre and Pointe Park. She has danced at the Benedum and Heinz Hall and trained with world renowned instructors. She has studied the Vagonava method for teaching ballet. Tonya Ford has taken courses in Neurokinetic therapy and is currently a level 3 practitioner, she studied and became certified in Mat Pilates with Power Pilates. She has take the immaculate Dissection trainings in core, upper extremity, lower extremity neck and jaw. She has studied cranial sacral therapy and polarity energy work. She is currently applying her trainings to her movement therapy and classes.