About

I am a dancer, choreographer, teacher, and activist that lives and works from Oakland/Huichin, the unceded ancestral land of the Chochenyo Ohlone people. My performance work and scholarship are a praxis of dance, performance as community ritual, queerness, political artmaking, somatics and embodiment, performance studies and the creation of professional dance productions both in the community and in educational settings.  

I am an Associate Adjunct Professor in the Performing Arts Department at Saint Mary’s College, and the Program Director for LEAP (Liberal Education for Arts Professionals). I teach dance technique and somatic movement courses as well as Dance and Social Justice, Art and Activism, Performance Studies, Dance History, Choreography and Production.

My choreography and performance installations have been seen at The Humanist Hall, Counterpulse, ODC Theater, Dance Mission Theater, Shawl-Anderson Dance Center, The Garage, Studio 210, Ashby Stage, The Flightdeck, LeFevre Theater, Temescal Arts Center, as well as open spaces and unexpected corners. I am the co-director of Vella & Merrell Dance and Stranger Lover Dreamer. I currently dance for Rogelio Lopez and Dancers and Davalos Dance. As a dancer, I have created and performed works with Anne Bluethenthal and Dancers, Liss Fain Dance, Paufve Dance, Agora Dance Project, Dance Ceres, Tyler Eash and Deborah Slater Dance Theater.  

I teach open adult beginning modern dance classes at Shawl-Anderson Dance Center on Mondays from 6-7:30pm.

I am using this website as a platform to present my work, study, and collaborations in dance with agency.