Simone Fallgren
Owner / operations manager
Simone is from Trinidad, West Indies, joined Westside in 2000 and is now a co-owner.
Simone began both dance and gymnastics at the age of six. She trained in the Royal Academy of Ballet until the age of 15 and competed in gymnastics until the age of 17, as a Level 9. She won a nation-wide talent show for 12 & under kids in Trinidad when she was 10 — Trinidad's version of America's Got Talent.
She has a Bachelor's degree in Psychology and is a John Maxwell Certified Life Coach. Floor choreography and beam are her favorite events to coach. When she’s not at Westside, Simone enjoys reading, working out, listening to music.
All three of her girls started at Westside in the Performing Arts Preschool Program when they were each three years old. Ashley specialized in gymnastics and competed up to Level 10 through her senior year of high school. She then attended Gannon University in Erie, PA on an Acrobatics and Tumbling scholarship, where she is currently a Junior. Steffi focused on dance and was part of the Troupe Dance program until age 15. She is a freshman in college and recently started assisting in the Preschool program at Westside. Serena was part of the Junior Olympics Gymnastics program until Level 6, when she transferred to the Xcel Team program, where she competed at the Platinum level. She now is a varsity cheerleader in high school and coaches at Westside in the Recreational, Developmental and Team gymnastics programs.