Takia began studying Ballet and Modern in her youth with some of the area's best teachers, Dara Cone and Barbara Potuck. She began teaching in 1996, and started running her own dance studio in downtown Goshen, IN in 1998.
In 2009 Takia began Middle Eastern dance classes with Amani Ali and Leila Gamal, studying Egyptian Folk, Oriental, and Turkish Roman, as well as Turkish Oriental. She has also studied with Egyptian dancer Aegela and Turkish dance superstars Özgen and Artemis Mourat.
Takia still teaches dance in Goshen, and with over 100 students each year, she won't stop any time soon!