A choreographer and veteran teaching artist, Alysia Ramos has worked with CREATE! since 1999. Over the course of her tenure, Alysia has continuously studied, created and performed dances in NYC and across the globe, traveling to Asia, Africa, South America and the Caribbean and always returning inspired with fresh ideas and new skills to share with her students. For CREATE! she has created numerous programs linking the study of dance to the social studies curriculum and English Language Learning. She is deeply passionate about the need for creativity and artistic expression in education and the development of the whole child.

Outside of her teaching work, Alysia is the Artistic Director of the Mezclado Movement Group, a dance company that celebrates our collective human heritage through dances, rhythms and stories from around the globe. She also dances for Inspirit Dance Company, The Dance Conduction Continuum, a conducted music and dance improvisation collective, and Danzaisa, a contemporary Caribbean dance and multimedia company. Alysia graduated summa cum laud from the CUNY Baccalaureate program at the Graduate Center with an individualized degree in Anthropology, Africana Studies & the Arts.