Claudine started ballet at the age of three in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and continued at Pofahl Studios under the instruction of Kim Tuttle and Judy Skinner in Gainesville, Florida. Since the age of eight, she has attended various summer intensives: four times the Kirov Academy of Ballet in Washington, D.C. where she was offered a place in its year-round program, three times the Joffrey Ballet in New York City on three awarded scholarships, twice Boston Ballet, once Miami City Ballet, and once Orlando Ballet on scholarship as well. In 2005, she became a member of Dance Alive National Ballet, the professional state touring company of Florida, and in 2007, she was awarded the Tom Hart Scholarship for Outstanding Grace and Beauty in Classical Ballet. Besides ballet, Claudine loves hip-hop and is a member of Princeton's diSiac Dance Company.