Diana’s passion for hooping began during the summer of 2001, after having a surgery and temporarily having to refrain from strenuous activity for a few months. Hooping provided a wonderful way to move, smile and feel good which aided in the healing process. At the time, she was also a sixth grade teacher and after having integrated hooping into the morning curriculum for several weeks, she began to observe a difference in how the students related, and how they became more comfortable in their bodies as well as a noticeable difference in their receptivity to learning, as the movement does stimulate right and left brain hemispheres.

After ten years of elementary school teaching, she decided to create BodyHoops and take hooping out into the community and into the world. Her mission is to get people to experience the joy of movement and the importance of dance and playfulness. Currently, she is residing in Ojai, California.