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Co-Director of the Orange County High School of the Arts Classical and Contemporary Dance Conservatory, Colleen has danced with the American Ballet Theatre (ABT) under the direction of Lucia Chase and Mikhail Baryshnikov and has trained on scholarship with the schools of the Louisville Ballet, Pennsylvania Ballet, The Joffrey Ballet of Chicago and ABT. Before joining ABT's main company, O’Callaghan danced with ABT's Ballet Repertory Company under the direction of Richard Englund and Gage Bush.

O'Callaghan has served as an instructor for prestigious dance companies and institutions throughout the United States including University of Utah, Ballet West, California Institute of the Arts, Stanley Holden Dance Center, Westside School of Ballet, Louisville Ballet, ABT Studio Company, The Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School at ABT, California State University, Long Beach and more. Additionally, O'Callaghan is co-founder and co-director of American Ballet Intensives, a company dedicated to providing pre-professional training to dance students in a positive and nurturing environment.

O'Callaghan currently holds teaching positions at South Bay Ballet and California Dance Theater. She is a certified Yoga instructor and has developed a Yoga program for children in pre-kindergarten through grade eight that has been highly successful throughout Southern California. O’Callaghan holds a bachelor’s degree in university studies from University of Utah.