Staff Bios
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Abigail (Abby) Rosin McCreath
Founder & Executive Director Abby received a Bachelor of Arts in women’s health care from Brown University. After attempting to engage her students with the contemporary jazz that she grew up on, she set out all over NYC to learn the hip hop the girls desired. She performed with a hip hop troupe in 1998 and 1999. She has taught workshops for other organizations including Free Arts for Abused Children, the Harlem Girls Collaborative and Sponsors for Educational Opportunities. She’s even taught dance in an orphanage in Costa Rica. For the creation of Groove With Me Abby received the Montblanc International Arts Award, the Ford Blue Oval Commitment to Kids Award, the Eckerd Salute to Women Award, the RCN Cool Classics Award, Glamour Best of You Award, The New York Winter Theater and Arts Festival Award, and the Harlequin More Than Words Award. Abby continues to learn how to be a better Executive Director through short courses and consultations. |
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Angelique (Angie) Agudo
Program Director Angie has a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Anthropology and a minor in Psychology from Saint Michael’s College in Vermont. Her passion for dance began as a child when she participated in Groove With Me and took tap with Marguerite D’Aloia. Angie has a background in youth development which includes residential programs, college readiness, and support programs. She re-visited her dance skills when she volunteered at orphanages in Thailand and India. She loved the gratification and joy dance brought to children in need. She has devoted her life to service and activism for youth in underserved communities. Ultimately, Angie strives to ensure that all children have a safe space that allows for their minds and bodies to grow. |
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Jessica Rojas
Program Coordinator Jessica has a Bachelors of Science in Marketing and Business Administration from SUNY Plattsburgh. During her undergrad, she spent her time working at the local daycare and organizing fundraisers for the community. She started her career as an event planner before discovering her passion for youth development. The arts are what motivate Jessica. She has travelled abroad to Costa Rica where she taught Art to underserved children. As our Program Coordinator, Jessica focuses on program development, special events, outreach, and operations. She aspires to one day start her own children’s non-profit where she can work as an art teacher. |
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Lydia Perez
Studio Manager Lydia managed Bronx Dance Theatre for over 20 years! They enrolled 500 children at a time and, in addition to weekly classes, rehearsed from 8 am to 8 pm Saturdays. She also operated their in-school public outreach programs. As Production Coordinator for the Department of Education’s Bronx Annual Arts Festival, she executed the event from audition through performance, with a cast of 1000 students. |
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Kayla Winslow
Counselor Kayla received her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Anthropology from the University of Vermont. She holds a Master’s of Arts in Clinical Psychology from Saint Michael’s College, also in Vermont. Kayla’s interest and love for building relationships with youth started at a young age when she worked as a nanny and a camp counselor, and continued through adulthood through her work as a youth counselor at a detention center, a wilderness therapy guide at a wilderness therapy program, a counselor in a college counseling center, and also through volunteering and living at a children’s home in India. Kayla has immense appreciation for the brilliance, wisdom, and resilience that young folks have within them and knows that the mediums through which people are able to shine and thrive vary from one individual to the next. Dance and music have been sources of self-expression, healing, and pure joy in Kayla’s own life and she believes in and advocates for the power of dance and community to improve mental health experiences and outcomes for others, too. |