FOUNDER’S ASSISTANT

VerVeronica Rae Jiao is a Filipino-American dance creative, educator, and administrator born on the traditional land of the Edisto Natchez-Kusso, Etiwan, & Kiawah peoples (Charleston, SC). As the grandchild of immigrants, she is engaged in dismantling colonialist & imperialist structures as they exist in the arts. Her creative practice renders this work by archiving the embodied Asian-American experience through dance improvisation, facilitated critical conversation, writing, and collaborative community-building. As a performer, she has danced with Designated Movement Company, BABEL Movement, Josh Pacheco Dance Theater, Virgin Voyages Cruise Line, The Tallahassee Ballet, and on the National Tour of the Broadway musical Anastasia.