Mitzi
Hightower-Teel, a native Trentonian, is one of five siblings born to Mary and
Alonzo Hightower. She is also the wife of Wayne Teel, whom she considers to be
an awesome man of God.
Mitzi
attended Trenton Public Schools and is a graduate of
Elizabeth
City
State
University
with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Physical Education and Health. She is
also a graduate of the
Barbizon
and John Robert Powers schools of modeling and has modeled for Stacy’s,
Today’s Ladies, and at many other venues including
Shiloh
.
Mitzi’s
love of children is reflected in her job as a teacher at the
Dunn
Middle School
. In addition to teaching, she is the head coach of the Cheerleading and Boys
Track teams. She also coaches the award winning Double Dutch Team, and the
Dunn Dancers, which attracts as many as 60 students each year.
Mitzi
acquired a strong interest in dance as a child and often imitated the Alvin
Ailey Dancers and The Nutcracker Suite. She also began developing skills of
choreography. Mitzi continued pursuing her aspirations of dance by
auditioning, and being selected to dance with The Capitol City Dance Company.
Although
Mitzi has attended
Shiloh
Baptist
Church
for most of life, in 1999 she turned her life over to the Most High and was
baptized. In 2000 Mitzi accepted a call to minister and became the Director of
the Anointed Praise Dance Ministry. Since then the ministry has grown from 4
to about 30 members and have ministered at many churches and other spiritual
events.
Mitzi
believes that there is nothing more awesome than glorifying God and building
his Kingdom through dance. Acts
17:28
“In Him I live, and move and have my being”, is how she describes her life
and ministry.
