Monique is a classically-trained dancer who lives in the maple tree in the front yard. While her background is in salsa and the tango—both of which she teaches at the studio down the street—her dream is to find a way to introduce the traditional squirrel dances she grew up learning, such as the Hop, the Scatter, and the Swirly Tail Jump Jump, to the mainstream dance community. She would like to someday be remembered as the first choreographer to elevate these, and other, squirrel dances as the true art forms they are, and hopes to inspire new generations of choreographers, squirrel _and_ human, to use these moves in their future productions.