Born in Berkeley, California, Ciarra and her mother moved back to Indiana when she was a young girl.
“My mom was born and raised here, went out to California, lived there for 20 years and then ended up moving back here when my grandparents got a little older and we moved in with them,” she says. “I think I was four.”
Around the age of three, Ciarra started ballet and gymnastics classes. Soon after, she added jazz and tap. And between her mom and her grandparents, she always had an audience.
“They were super supportive and they taught me a lot, but they also kind of babied me.