Sarina has more than three decades of experience teaching dance and creative play to children of all ages. Qualified as a primary/ junior teacher in Ontario, she did her masters of education in curriculum development focusing on creative dance for the child, and her doctoral studies on the implications of performing arts and creative experiences for children at OISE. She also holds degrees in Dance Education and Composition from York University, and a combined Bachelor of Education majoring in Dance and Drama from The Faculty of Education at the University of Manitoba and the University of Toronto. In addition to writing a creative dance curriculum for the Toronto District School Board, Sarina has taught creative dance and drama courses for the primary/junior teacher at University of Toronto, OISE, Seneca College, and York University.

Sarina runs special programs in dance and music in elementary schools in the Toronto area and in her own studio. Sarina is the co-founder of Childhood Now, a registered charity that provides arts-based programming to thousands of vulnerable and orphaned children in Africa and in First Nations communities across Canada. She frequently gives workshops on learning through dance and the arts to educators and caregivers in Canada and around the world.

In addition, Sarina has created and starred in two television series: Way Off Broadway and The Barefoot Dancer and has appeared as a guest choreographer on Popstars (CTV), Big Voice (W), and has also been a movement coach for Battle of the Blades (CBC). She also directed and starred in her documentary, Thank You Tanzania. You can currently catch Sarina as a frequent guest dance instructor on CityTV’s Breakfast Television and Global TV’s The Morning Show.