Alumna hopes to inspire passion for Colombian dance within LA youth
Maria Diaz '16 (B.A. World Arts and Cultures/Dance)
Alumna Maria Diaz opened Fuego y Sabor Latino Dance Studio to bring Latin American dance from her home country of Colombia to South Central Los Angeles.
"When Maria Diaz auditioned for the UCLA world arts and cultures’ dance program, she never had any formal dance training.
Now the alumna runs her own studio and hopes to provide young people with opportunities she didn’t have as a child.
Diaz is a co-director and instructor at Fuego y Sabor Latino Dance Studio, which opened a location in South Central Los Angeles in 2016. The company, originally founded by Mike Diaz in Colombia in 2014, aims to provide students with an outlet for exercise and artistic expression, she said. The studio performed at its first international competition in July 2016 at the Las Vegas Salsa and Bachata Congress."— Daniel Maraccini, August 14, 2016
Read the full article at the Daily Bruin website.