After hanging up her point shoes and leaving a career as a New York based ballerina, Eryka has been successfully working in the Fashion industry for the past 12 years as a fashion show director, stylist, model, and make up artist. Her career took her from New York to Miami, before she stepped into the publishing industry and moved to Los Angeles: One of the original team behind Ego Magazine, Eryka was instrumental in creating a widespread following and critical recognition for this pocket sized guide to the good life.

Before long, new creative challenges beckoned and Eryka became a founding partner and Editor in Chief of Signature Magazine, a fashion forward lifestyle publication centered around the cultural hotbed of Los Angeles. There was no part of Signature that did not benefit from Erkya’s extensive skill set, as she produced photographic features for fashion and celebrities, picked out the hottest new style trends, led the make up department on her own shoots, all while expertly guiding and shaping the creative vision of the publication. After exceptional critical praise and working with some of the most talented creatives on both the East and West Coast of America, Eryka is once again looking at new creative horizons.

In her spare time, Eryka is passionate about teaching ballet, and can occasionally be found wrestling with her rather boisterous puppy, Loki.

Eryka is pictured with the singer Natasha Bedingfield

Photography: Frankie Batista