ABOUT ME

Alicia was born in San Francisco, CA. She began her training in ballet, jazz, and tap at Susan Hayward School of Dance. She later moved to Charlotte, NC and continued her studies at Charlotte School of Ballet and Piedmont School of Music and Dance. Alicia graduated with honors from the Ailey/Fordham BFA Program in 2012 while concurrently dancing with Hubbard Street 2. She joined Hubbard Street Dance Chicago as a main company dancer from April 2014-December 2019.

Additional training has included lucrative summers at Hubbard Street, The Juilliard School, SF Conservatory of Dance, American Ballet Theatre, Springboard Danse Montreal where she worked with Stephan Laks of Goteborg Operans Danskompani and most recently, Axis Connect in NYC with Cherice and Charissa Barton.

As a passionate arts outreach advocate, she volunteered her time and talent to JUNTOS Collective, a non-profit dance outreach organization. During her time as a student at Fordham/Ailey, she accompanied the group on trips to Mexico and Guatemala. From 2016-2017 she joined the team as the Local Director where she oversaw and coordinated multiple outreach events with BFA students in Boston, New York, and the Bay Area. She continues her work with JUNTOS as a volunteer.

Furthering her commitment to community engagement, in August 2020, Alicia launched Movimiento LatinXChange , uniting speakers and dance artists of Latin decent on Zoom for a weekend of free classes.

Alicia is also extremely passionate about arts education and loves teaching. She served as Artistic Coordinator for the 2017 and 2019 Advanced Level Hubbard Street Summer Intensive, a 4-week summer dance program for dancers ages 14-18 held at Columbia College in Chicago. Other teaching credits include Chicago Movement Collective, Skunkworks Dance, and Common Conservatory.

In October 2020, Alicia became a founding member of PARA.MAR Dance Theatre under the direction of Stephanie Martine where she was both a dancer and company manager. In September 2021, Alicia joined Gibney Company under the direction of Gilbert T Small II and Gina Gibney. Alicia is also represented by Go2Talent.