Kayla Mei-Wan Thomas (Cleveland, OH) began her dance training in Las Vegas, NV at Nevada Ballet Theatre, and continued to study in Cleveland, OH at Cleveland School of the Arts. She graduated summa cum laude from the Ailey/Fordham BFA Program in 2022 with a double major in Digital Technologies and Emerging Media. In 2020, she was the recipient of the Denise Jefferson Memorial Scholarship. Ms. Thomas has performed works by Alvin Ailey, William Forsythe, Francesca Harper, Andrea Miller, Robert Battle, Hope Boykin, and Helen Simoneau. This is her second season with Ailey II.