proud. and she was like, "look what i've done." she was so proud of herself. >> reporter: no one was surprised when heather soon landed her dream job, teaching at an elementary school in memphis. fellow teacher jesika moxley was in awe of the amount of energy miss jones poured into her classroom. >> heather loved being a kindergarten teacher. from the moment that they stepped foot into the door, to the moment that they left, they were dancing, they were singing, they were playing. >> reporter: by april 2013, it was all coming together for heather jones. on a saturday night, she hit that rumba room dance floor to try out some moves she'd picked up at the gym and to show the world what she'd become. >> it was just so much fun. we were probably there for about three hours just dancing. >> reporter: three days later on tuesday morning, teacher jesika moxley headed to school, expecting to see her energetic co-worker heather already there. >> our school day didn't start