Susan began her early training at the Westside School of Ballet in Santa Monica, CA and through scholarships continued her pre-professional training at the Pacific Northwest Ballet School, San Francisco Ballet School and The Rock School. Susan danced with the Pennsylvania Ballet, Santa Fe Opera, San Diego Opera, Chicago Festival Ballet, Napoles Ballet Theater, California Contemporary Ballet, City of Angels Ballet, California Riverside Ballet, Key West Ballet, Coast City Ballet and San Gorgonio Ballet. Susan had the privilege of working with some of today's most esteemed choreographers including the late Kenneth von Heidecke, Nicola Bowie, Jodi Melnick and Kitty McNamee in Samson & Delilah, Aida, A Masked Ball, Romeo & Juliette, Capriccio and La Traviata respectively. 

Susan began teaching ballet in 2012 and has been teaching ever since in addition to performing as a freelance artist. In 2019 Susan started her own contemporary ballet company, Freaks With Lines (FWL), which is based in Los Angeles. Since its inception FWL continues to successfully bring a community of professional ballet dancers together with like minded artists working in and with other media to preserve the art form of ballet while pushing its boundaries and subverting traditional norms often associated with the art form.

Additionally, Susan is a certified yoga and Pilates instructor and teaches private ballet and Pilates sessions from her home studio in Playa del Rey, CA. Susan is also currently on the faculty at Align Ballet Method, a studio program dedicated to providing a safe and encouraging environment for adult ballet dancers, many of whom are total beginners.

Susan is a USC alumna (cum laude) with a BA in Communication and Philosophy.