Professor Phoenix Hill

== Backstory ==
Phoenix Hill was born a half blood: her mother a witch, her father a muggle. Her mom, troubled by her own past, married for money, even if it meant hiding her magic. When Phoenix was young, her mother enrolled her in dance lessons, as was typical for little muggle girls. As she grew, she exhibited a natural talent for the art. However, she also began showing signs of magic, forcing her mother to come out of her shell. Phoenix's father, not pleased and alarmed, became abusive towards herself and her mom. Dance became her one safe place where she could just escape and be free. 
When the time came, she moved to Hogwarts to get as far away from her dad as possible. Due to her yearning to turn her life around for the better and escape her dark past, she was sorted into Slytherin and adopted her mother's maiden name, Linnea. Though, Phoenix Linnea felt like a piece of her soul had been ripped away when she learned there were no dance lessons offered at the school. Because she grew up as a muggle, and was shy and not trusting due to her abusive childhood, she found great difficulty fitting in and making friends at Hogwarts. 
Phoenix began to bloom when she met Aurora, another dancer who soon became her best friend. In their fourth year, the girls- determined to bring dance into the wizarding world- managed to start a dance club, which started off slow, but picked up many new members as the Yule Ball approached. Phoenix was truly thriving. After graduating from Hogwarts, she spent four years majoring in dance at a muggle academy back in the US to pursue her dream, and visit her mom. Her father had died during her sixth year, leaving his wealth to Phoenix and her mom. From there, Hogwarts hired her to teach dance to their students. As a professor, she’s determined to bring positivity and never have students feel the way she did as a child.