Brazilian dance artist Carol Bertho is currently a faculty member at Valdosta State University. She has an MFA degree from Washington University in St. Louis, a BA in Dance from Unicamp (BRA), certification by the RAD Ballet Technique, and trained at “The H+ Hip Hop Dance Conservatory” (NY). Her career combines experiences as a dancer, choreographer, and educator working with Ballet, Jazz, Tap, Diasporic social dances, and Contemporary dance in dance companies, studios, community projects, and higher education. Her research focuses on Hip Hop Dance and other social dances for the past fifteen years, mainly working with the community project “Grupo Performance de Rua” (BRA), in which she emphasizes the dance forms’ Diasporic roots, and their community and individuality focus.