Cara graduated from the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University with an MFA in Theatre Performance in 2003. Credits include directing ETSU’s annual Dance Concert and Girl’s Eye View, a play which she co-wrote, choreographed, and performed in at Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati. Most recently, Cara directed and choreographed The Trail of the Lonesome Pine, Virginia’s longest running outdoor drama. Cara serves on the Board of Directors for the Tennessee Association of Dance and is the director of the dance minor program at ETSU.