Daniela Bustillos was born in Caracas, Venezuela but raised in eastern Spain. Upon moving to the United States she was able to pursue her passion and training for dance. She studied ballet intensively with former Royal Ballet Theater's principal John Adamson. She furthered her training with New York City's Joffrey Ballet School, Houston's Ballet Forte and Point Park University. Upon moving to Austin she trained directly under Jennifer Felkner at Austin Classical Ballet and performed professionally with her resident company as well as furthering her studies in contemporary dance. A few years later she joined Verge Dance Company where she is currently the assistant artistic director. Daniela has been teaching ballet, pointe and lyrical at Alisa's Dance Academy for the past three years and is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Science in political science and international law at Texas State University.