Ashlee Barbara Heet began her dance training at Academy of Fort Wayne Ballet at the age of seven. She assisted the Academy faculty in a teacher preparation program for five years prior to beginning her teaching career in 2003. Her training with the faculty of Fort Wayne Ballet has been supplemented with training from internationally known teachers such as Jeremy Blanton, Todd Eric Allen, Stephen Stone, Lees Hummel, Gregory Schramel and Marjorie Hardwick Schramel. Ms. Heet has appeared with Fort Wayne Ballet in several productions including The Nutcracker, Frankenstein, The Firebird, The Sleeping Beauty and Coppélia as well as numerous outreach performances throughout the region.