Joelle grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio taking her first dance class at two years old.  Watching her older sisters perform, she knew she wanted to follow and pursue a career in dance.  At seven, she enjoyed her first professional performance as an actor/dancer in The Cincinnati Ballet Nutcracker.  Joelle accepted a scholarship at age 18 to continue her education with the Institute for American Musical Theater in NYC.  IAMT provided her with voice coaching, acting technique, film and TV class, audition technique, master classes, ballet, tap, musical theater, jazz-funk, hip hop, modern, and contemporary.