Vanda began dancing in her home town Bratislava, Slovakia at the age of 9 where she became a two-time Amateur Latin Champion. In the neighboring Czech Republic she became the National Professional Latin Champion. In the US she continued as a Latin dancer before switching to Rhythm in 2012, where she quickly made her mark on the style with her fiery, authentic personality.

As a Rhythm dancer she was a 2 time World, U.S., and Ohio Star Ball finalist. She is also the World Salsa Vice-Champion and has consulted on many shows for choreography like the Radio City Rockette”s Summer Spectacular choreographed by Mia Michaels. Vanda started in the 2011 film, Musical Chairs, directed by Susan Seidlman which featured wheelchair dancing. She’s also done numerous projects with the wheelchair dancing community, including the closing ceremony of the Paralympic Games in Toronto 2015.

Vanda is a certified dance teacher with the USISTD/AIDA. Vanda continues to teach her couples, and competes with her Pro-Am students sharing her technical knowledge and her artistic vision and passion for ballroom dancing.

In 2022 she and her star actor Jan Kolenik won the Mirror Ball Trophy on the popular TV show Let’s Dance! the Slovak edition of Dancing With the Stars. She was already part of two successful seasons and a National Dancing with the stars Tour.

In the recent year Vanda was casted as one of the principal dancers in the Off-Broadway Show “False Steps” at St. Clements theater, directed by Kim St. Leon and Rony Dutra.