Courtney Shealy, from Fort Walton Beach, Florida, trained with Northwest Florida Ballet for nine years. She received scholarships to summer intensives at Boston Ballet, Next Generation Ballet, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, and American Ballet Theatre. In 2014, she received third place at the Youth American Grand Prix semi-final for both senior classical and contemporary. Courtney joined the ABT Company in September 2015, became an apprentice with the main Company in August 2016, and joined the corps de ballet in January 2017.