It wasn't long after Taisha started walking that she took to dancing.
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The 16-year-old Dapto High School student said she got an early start.
"I've been dancing since I was two years old and I've been loving it ever since," she said.
"When I listened to music it always made me groove and get up and dance and that's what made me get into dancing. When mum would turn on the music I would get up and dance."
In May this year, she put her dancing talents to a good cause - signing up for Dance for Sick Kids.
The charity sees dancers seek sponsors to donate money based on how many hours of dancing they put in.
Taisha put in a lot of hours; as part of dance crew Team Tessence, they raised more than $11,000 (ranked the fourth highest team).
But she also ended up in seventh spot as a solo dancer, raising more than $6000.
She said she aimed to make dancing her "career in life" and hoped to audition for stage shows.
"I'm a student teacher at my dance school at the moment and want to become a dance teacher when I'm older," she said.
"I want to be able to study dance and hopefully become a professional dancer of when I'm older."
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