Chelsea

Chelsea Toner is a born and raised Austinite from Texas and has been involved with color guard since 2008, marching ATX Winterguard in Independent A class until 2015. During this time, Chelsea was also a color guard member of Crossmen Drum and Bugle Corps (2011-2014).

Since being an active performer in color guard, Chelsea has instructed many scholastic guards around Texas, such as McNeil High School (2013-2019) and Cedar Ridge High School (2017-2018). She currently is in her 7th year with Origins Performing Arts, working recently with the World team as a lead technician. Origins has had two successful years in the World classification, having placed in Finals during both years at WGI Championships and they plan on attending Championships again for the 2024 season. Chelsea will also be joining the Troopers Drum and Bugle Corps 2024 color guard staff for the upcoming DCI season.

Chelsea graduated from Texas State University with two bachelor's degrees in Biochemistry and Microbiology. She has since moved to Denver, Colorado where she is pursuing her Ph.D. in Biochemistry at the University of Colorado at Boulder. She expects to defend her doctoral thesis in March of 2024 and then pursue a career as an instructor in higher education. At the University of Colorado at Boulder, Chelsea helped develop the Biochemistry Outreach program Science Community Outreach Program and Education (S.C.O.P.E.), which increases accessibility of science to underrepresented middle schools in the Boulder, CO area. Within S.C.O.P.E., Chelsea also helped to incorporate a board of directors, which increased experiences for other students within leadership, curriculum development, and funding.

Outside of work, Chelsea is usually hanging out with her partner and her dogs. Her dogs love to go out on hikes, play frisbee golf, or go mountain biking. When Chelsea isn’t spending time outside, she enjoys playing a wide variety of video games and is actively part of multiple Dungeons and Dragon campaigns. Overall, Chelsea strives to learn from all the experiences she has had the opportunity to access and to share the wealth of that knowledge as much as possible.