Lucy trained at The Royal Ballet School for eight years, first as a Junior Associate and then at White Lodge, the Royal Ballet School’s residence in Richmond Park. She has a Diploma in Dance Teaching with the British Ballet Organisation. She studied English Literature at St Hugh’s College, Oxford, while continuing to dance and perform, as well as teaching ballet to students. After graduation, she obtained a PGCE teaching qualification and became an English teacher. She taught English at Harrow School for nine years and was the Head of English and Senior Head of Subjects, before moving to New York City in the summer of 2023.
Her poetry and short stories have been published in a number of literary journals and she was shortlisted for the 2020 Impress Prize for New Writers. She also reviews theatre, in particular ballet, writing for the website Playstosee.com.