Daniella Karagach Parents: Meet Regina Yvette Karagach and Mark Karagach

Daniella Karagach is an American professional ballroom dancer and choreographer.

She is the daughter of Regina Yvette Karagach and Mark Karagach. She was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York by her single mother, Regina Karagach.

Her parents are both immigrants from Moldova. Her parents divorced when she was one. Daniella began to take ballet lessons at the age of 3.

She went on to study Latin dance at 6, and ballroom dance at 11.’ She attended public school and graduated from Franklin D. Roosevelt High School in Brooklyn, NY.

Daniella Karagach began a dance collaboration with her now husband Pasha Pashkov in January 2009. They are seven-time United States 10-Dance Champions and Latin Champions.

Karagach and Pashkov were chosen to represent the United States at the 2009 World Games in Taiwan. They advanced to the semifinals of the World Championship, which was held in Spain.

They represented the United States at the 10 Dance World Championship in Austria, the Ballroom World Championship in Germany in November 2010, and the World Cup in Korea.

She debuted as a professional dancer on Dancing with the Stars in 2019, when she was paired with Nelly. She went on to win her first Mirrorball trophy in her third season with celebrity partner Iman Shumpert.