Instructor

Mitzi Ulloa

Mitzi Ulloa is a first generation Xicana-Colombiana visual and performing artist based in the Bay Area, as well as an educator with over two decades of experience. She holds a double Bachelor’s degree in Dance and Adolescent Development, and a Master’s degree in Education from San Francisco State University. Mitzi currently teaches in the Sequoia Union High School District, where her work centers on holistic health, liberatory practices, and community engagement through the arts. A longtime performer with Arenas Dance Company under the direction of Susana Arenas Pedroso, Mitzi has trained with master teachers in Cuba, including Raíces Profundas, Dolores Pérez, and Ana Pérez Hernandez in Matanzas, as well as instructors in Santiago. Her studies have also taken her across the U.S., the Caribbean, Latin America, and Europe. She continues to deepen her practice in Afro-Cuban folkloric dances and Colombian dance traditions through her work with Jose Cheo Gomez and La Cumbiamba Colombiana.