Ana Masacote is an award-winning Afro-Latin dance artist and performing arts curator who loves engineering spaces for community connection and conversation through the arts. She has spread the salsa bug to more than 30 countries and is the founder of Dance to Power, an online Afro-Latin dance academy. Through her social impact initiatives, Ana advocates for LGBTQ inclusivity and gender and racial equity in the arts. In 2017, she helped establish a scholarship initiative for Latinx MA artists as former executive director of Yo Soy LOLA, a movement to reclaim the Latina narrative through artistic platforms. Ana holds a BS in Management Science from MIT. Award highlights include: 2022 MCC Artist Fellow, 2020/21 Kennedy Citizens Fellow Artist, 2019 YWCA Cambridge Woman of the Year, 2019 WBUR Artery 25, and the 2014 SBA’s MA Minority-Owned Business of the Year Award.

Dance to Power, Masacote Entertainment, Yo Soy LOLA, DespeloteX

Website: www.anamasacote.com