Graille Merritt - Office Administrator
Graille Merritt is a native of Richmond Hill & and an alumnae of Richmond Hill High School. She graduated from Georgia Southern University with a Bachelors of General Studies with minors in Business, Criminal Justice and Communication Arts. Since graduating from Georgia Southern University, Graille has had the opportunity to work in several different customer service and management environments. When given the opportunity, she returned "home" to Life Moves to focus on administration and office management.
Since the opening of Life Moves Dance Studio in 1999, Graille has transitioned from dancer to teaching assistant, instructor, choreographer, and now focuses on the business side of Life Moves. She strives to provide our dance families with the best service and experience while adapting to the ever-changing needs of Life Moves' dance families!
She will be the one of the faces you see that greets you as your are welcomed into our studio!
Since the opening of Life Moves Dance Studio in 1999, Graille has transitioned from dancer to teaching assistant, instructor, choreographer, and now focuses on the business side of Life Moves. She strives to provide our dance families with the best service and experience while adapting to the ever-changing needs of Life Moves' dance families!
She will be the one of the faces you see that greets you as your are welcomed into our studio!
Ari Merritt - Graphic Design & Office Administrator
Ari Merritt is a recent graduate and alumni of Georgia Southern University. She graduated in May of 2015 with a degree in Finance with a minor in Management. She is an alumni of Phi Mu Fraternity, and previously held a position on the Board of Directors for Family Promise here in Bryan County as the Finance Committee Chair for 2 years. In 2011, she sought out her passion for photography in classes at Armstrong Atlantic State University and Georgia Southern University, and has been taking pictures for friends and clients ever since then! Over the years, she has had the opportunity to work full time as the Office Manager at Scholar Rehab, an Assistant teacher at First Christian Preschool, completed an internship with Richmond Hill Reflections Magazine, and an internship in the Finance Department at Georgia Southern University. She has recently moved back to the area and works at Life Moves in several capacities. She is Acrobatic Arts Certified - teaching Cheer & Acro as well as assists where needed. She also has her photography business "Ari Merritt Photography" and continues to shoot weddings, families, children, dance portraits, real estate and so much more.
Her love for dance started when she was 2 years old, and her mother Teresa Merritt, has made it easy for her love of dance to continue. She has taken from Life Moves Dance Studio's teachers since the opening of the Studio in 1999.
Her love for dance started when she was 2 years old, and her mother Teresa Merritt, has made it easy for her love of dance to continue. She has taken from Life Moves Dance Studio's teachers since the opening of the Studio in 1999.