ALUMNI PROFILES
Tiana Jones ’02 Founder of Reckless Movement, LLC
Prior to the spring of 2020, Tiana Jones ‘02 was a human resources accounting assistant and a group fitness instructor in New York City. Not long after being released, due to the pandemic, former clients requested remote fitness workout sessions so Tiana kicked into gear. First, she taught remotely on Instagram and later, taught her own dance class - something she had dreamed of for years. Soon, Tiana connected with Start Small Think Big, a NYC non-profit that assists entrepreneurs, like herself, with legal, marketing, and financial services, enabling her to form her company Reckless Movement, LLC. Tiana chose “reckless” to emphasize the positive in recklessness when it came to dancing - do your own thing, move regardless of what others might think, and most importantly, be yourself. Tiana said her Sacred Heart education empowered her to start her own business by giving her the confidence to try new things. She believes that the small, all-girls environment where the faculty encouraged students to be themselves, be different, and try new things without the fear of failure helped her immensely in her business venture.
Tiana remembers teaching dance lessons on the stage to her classmates during free periods. “I mean, how many schools would encourage that activity?” As a member of the SHA Bryn Mawr Alumnae Board, Tiana hosted a remote dance class during the 2021 Virtual Heartcoming. She wanted to give back and serve as a role model for other young women of color attending Sacred Heart. Tiana recently returned to the Philadelphia area and is working at The Welcome Table for St. James School as Food Sharing Coordinator, allowing her to manage several no-cost farmers markets for the local community, oversee donations, recruit volunteers, and share her love and knowledge of health and wellness for The Welcome Table’s Adult Education classes. Tiana hopes to open studio space for Reckless Movement, LLC in the future.
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VUE DU COEUR | 2021-2023
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