Ms. Jarrell received her early training in Houston, Texas with Michael Banigan.  In 2003 – 2004, she attended North Carolina School of the Arts where she studied under Melissa Hayden, Kee Juan-Han, and Frank Smith.  She then joined the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre Graduate Program in 2005 and trained with Dennis Marshall and Marjorie Grundvig.  During her tenure with this program, she performed in the company’s productions of Swan Lake, La Sylphide, Coppelia, Don Quixote, and Alice in Wonderland.  Prior to joining Ballet Tucson, Ms. Jarrell was a member of Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre where she worked with renowned choreographers such as Lauri Stallings, Dwight Rhoden and Septime Webre.