Rachel Porter began dance at the age of four in Sandra’s School of Dance. Through Junior High and High School she was an assistant teacher for Sandra, along with being a Ping Ping (Sapulpa High School Dance Team) member and Captain her senior year. When she graduated from Sapulpa High School she was selected to be a Kilgore College Rangerette. As a Rangerette she performed in the 2000 Presidential Inaugural Parade and Black Tie and Boots Inaugural Ball, pre-game and half-time shows for the Cotton Bowl, several Dallas Cowboy games, and countless other performances. After Kilgore, she graduated from the University of Oklahoma with public relations and worked in a prestigious P.R. Firm in Oklahoma City prior to starting Ovations Dance Studio.

Rachel and her husband Josh now own and operate Ovations Dance Studio. Rachel is also the Dance Team director for the Sapulpa High School Dance Team, the Ping Pings.