VANESSA CRUZ
FACILITATOR
Vanessa Hernández Cruz (she, her, hers) is an emerging interdependent Chicana disabled dance artist & Disability Justice activist. She is from the unceded lands of the Tongva & Kizh territories colonially known as Los Angeles, California. She graduated from California State University Long Beach with her BA in Dance Science.
She has been implementing the Disability Justice framework (Sins Invalid) through her activism & dance work. She is currently working with DANC (Dance Artists’ National Collective) as their Communications & Social Media Co-Coordinator. She also serves as a consultant in their BIPOC & Disabled Circle.
Vanessa is committed to generating substantial changes in the dance field and making the dance field an equitable space for our multi-marginalized disabled communities.
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[Image Description: a Warm-toned photo of Vanessa. She is posing towards us with her head slightly tilted to the side. Her long dark hair is pulled slightly back. She is wearing a soft dark pink velvet laced dress with a black blazer. The background is tinted in a soft warm light.]