Cinthia is a movement researcher with a decolonial vision, a latin social dancer, and an improviser following the legacy of the East Side Institute for Social Therapeutics and Performance Activism. She is currently pursuing a PhD in the Critical Dance Studies Program at the University of California Riverside, focusing her research in Latin Social Dances as resource-building and resource- sharing collective spaces with the potential of advancing local social justice agendas.  Cinthia currently works at UCR as a Teaching Assistant, Gluck Program of the Arts Fellow and Assistant Coordinator of the yearly gathering  Indigenous Choreographers Riverside. In line with her vision as a scholar,  her pedagogy activates dance, improvisation and performance as tools to offer individuals the possibility to perform who they want to become and improvise their way into the futures they envision for themselves and their communities.