This time of year, most 19-year-olds are cramming for fall semester finals and perfecting their keg stand. Not 19-year-old Tiffany Maher. Maher, a Plantation, Fla., native and UCF student, is currently wrapping up a 30-city tour with her fellow Season 9's So You Think You Can Dance top 10 finalists. I recently talked with Maher over the phone, while she was on her tour with the cast from the Fox TV show on a bus in Albany, N.Y.

CL: How is the tour going so far?
Maher: It has been amazing. To meet everyone around the country that has been supporting you .… that you inspire. It makes me so happy.

Freelance contributor Stephanie Powers started her media career as an Editorial Assistant long ago when the Tampa Bay Times was still called the St. Petersburg Times. After stints in Chicago and Los Angeles,...