Our Story
Spectrum Dance Company has been a dream in the making for the last 6 years. In 2026, our founder, Morgan Phillips, was working as a Registered Behavioral Technician, alongside teaching dance classes in Huntsville, AL. She began to notice how many behavioral program she worked with clients on could easily translate to the language of dance. During this time, she began to dream of creating a studio home for dancers with different abilities, to not only give them a space to explore but to encourage real, measurable growth.
After moving to the Los Angeles area in 2022, Morgan spent time learning about the disabled dancer community in Southern California and began to expand her vision to include opportunities for disabled dancers to showcase their talents. In the end of 2025, circumstances aligned to give Morgan the chance to put her dream in to action. Spectrum Dance Company was officially established in the State of California and federally recognized as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization on November 28, 2025.
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In just a few short months, SDC has reached its projected enrollment for 2026 and is actively planning expansion to serve the growing demand from families in the San Gabriel Valley and beyond. We are happily overwhelmed to see the growth in each of our students and to know that we are building a lasting community for our dancers and their families to thrive in. As we expand, we are looking to secure a permanent location for our classes to operate in and make a studio for our students to call home.
Morgan Phillips
Founder, President, and Executive Director
Sabrina Gimenez
Chief Financial Officer
Robin Corder
Secretary
Our Board
Morgan Phillips is the Founder, President, and CEO of Spectrum Dance Company. With over 13 years of dance training and performance experience, she is actively pursuing a professional dance career while remaining deeply committed to arts education and community impact.
Morgan has been teaching dance for 10 years, including seven years specializing in instruction for students with special needs. Her teaching philosophy centers on fostering confidence, independence, and equal opportunity for dancers of all abilities. She is passionate about creating inclusive environments where students can grow artistically while developing life skills that extend beyond the studio.
In addition to her work in dance education, Morgan brings professional experience in behavioral and developmental support services. She has worked as a Registered Behavioral Technician providing Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy, served as a caretaker for an infant with special needs, and developed and led a dance program within a Creative Arts Program for adults with developmental disabilities. These roles have strengthened her expertise in adaptive instruction, individualized support strategies, and program development.
From 2017 to 2020, Morgan served as Director of a dance studio in Huntsville, AL, where she oversaw operations, organized fundraisers, and led community outreach initiatives. This leadership experience informs her strategic vision for Spectrum Dance Company’s growth and sustainability.
As an individual with ADHD, Morgan brings lived experience that shapes her advocacy for neurodiversity and inclusive arts programming. She is dedicated to building a dance community where every individual—regardless of ability—has access to high-quality training, creative expression, and meaningful opportunity.
Sabrina Gimenez, Spectrum Dance Company's CFO, is a Clio-award winning Film and TV editor by day, and by night, a children's Hip Hop dance instructor at Unbound Dance Studio based in Pasadena, CA.
After years of struggling to maintain focus in school and work, as well as regular criticism about emotional regulation and hyper rejection sensitivities, she was formally diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder at 26 years old.
A late neurodivergent "bloomer" in life, a lifetime of behaviors and coping mechanisms suddenly made sense through the scope of their ADD diagnosis. As a result of their own journey, and implementing a treatment plan to support their blossoming career in film, they realized how important it was to advocate for demographics that are chronically overlooked and under diagnosed with ADD.
A lifelong dancer and lover of musicals, Sabrina had always felt emotionally and mentally grounded when movement was involved. As she started her career in film, she began to incorporate dance and performance in her spare time to balance out the stress of masking and over performing at work.
Once it clicked that dancing was therapeutic and necessary to their daily routine, Sabrina sought out opportunities to do it on a regular basis, joining LA Unbound Dance Company in 2016, performing in numerous Hip Hop, Contemporary, Tap, Jazz, and Musical Theatre pieces over the last 10 years.
She currently teaches 7-13 year olds at Unbound Dance Studio on Monday evenings, as well as advising on the Spectrum Dance Company Executive Board in her spare time.
With their experience teaching several neurodivergent students the last few years, their favorite part about being a teacher and advocate is watching the progress these students make in class, and the confidence they grow in themselves above all else.
Robin Corder brings a strong background in nonprofit marketing, fundraising, and community engagement to her role as Secretary of Spectrum Dance Company. She holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Professional Marketing with a concentration in Digital Marketing, graduating in May 2021.
Robin has six years of professional marketing experience within nonprofit higher education, including 3.5 years with the University of North Alabama’s College of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering and 3 years with Heritage Christian University. In addition, she volunteered for two years providing marketing support for a student organization at the University of North Alabama. Her work has included strategic communications, digital marketing initiatives, brand development, and fundraising support, equipping her with the skills to strengthen organizational visibility and donor engagement.
Robin also has hands-on nonprofit fundraising experience and has successfully operated her own small business for four years as a certified Alabama cottage food baker, demonstrating initiative, financial stewardship, and entrepreneurial leadership.
Her commitment to inclusive communities is both professional and personal. Diagnosed in early childhood with absent seizures and later with Asperger’s syndrome, Robin received years of speech therapy and support services that shaped her understanding of accessibility and advocacy. She has volunteered at Rainbow Omega, serving adults with developmental disabilities, and brings lived experience that informs her dedication to organizations serving diverse populations. Her connection to the disability community extends through her family as well; her husband is a social worker, and his cousin has Down syndrome.
Robin’s background in dance and cheerleading during her youth further strengthens her connection to the performing arts. She is passionate about supporting Spectrum Dance Company’s mission to create inclusive opportunities in the arts and is honored to contribute her skills in governance, organization, and strategic communication to advance its impact.