Mackenzie Mclean Credit: CourtesyCreative Loafing Tampa Bay’s spring arts issue features more than a dozen artists to watch this year and beyond. California called, but she stayed in St. Pete: Graduating from PCCA in 2023, the now-20-year-old won a scholarship to her dream school in California but decided to stay in St. Pete. But it was not an issue.”Miss P is her mentor: That’s Suzanne Pomerantzeff, co-founder of the Academy of Ballet Arts in St. Pete and former PCCA dance chair. I think that’s really where I found that there’s beauty not only in perfecting your own stuff but in helping other people.”How Pinellas Dance Collective was born: “The only place where younger dancers were meeting each other was at competitions. I wanted to make a space where we can just all come dance.” She also realized from attending workshops that she could make a little bank, too.