After dancing with New York City Ballet, Ballet Next, PDX Contemporary Ballet, and Opera Ballet Vlaanderen, Lily founded her own dance school in Belgium and spearheaded the BFA dance track at Abilene Christian University. She now serves as the Assistant Artistic Director of Ballet Lubbock, and teaches at Texas Tech University and Ballet Institute New York.

It is her mission to move the art form forward through support of new works, the integration of art and technology, and the education of the next generation.