Gillian Wanosky is a writer and dancer from Parkersburg, West Virginia. For over ten years, she trained with Performing Arts Connection and Education (PACE). In 2017, she received the Jerry Rose Scholarship of Excellence and was a soloist in the West Virginia Dance Festival Program. She graduated from West Virginia University in 2021 with bachelor’s degrees in journalism and dance, where she also danced four years on the WVU Dance Team. In May 2023, she graduated from WVU’s Integrated Marketing Communications master’s program. She currently works as a Marketing Communications Coordinator for Leidos and lives with her fiancé in the greater New York City area.