UPAA Director
  • Ballet
  • Jazz
  • Pointe
  • Scarlets


Karla Gómez is a University of Florida graduate with a BFA in Dance. Her passion in the arts has drawn her into different branches not only in dance but also in theater. She was born in the Dominican Republic and quickly showed her love for the arts. She migrated at the young age of ten and quickly engaged in ballet classes at Ballet Concerto with Marta del Pino. She became part of several dance teams and companies such as The Caravan Dancers, Higher Ground, UM’s Hurricanettes, UF’s Floridance and DANZA, among others. In 1998, she performed in The Super Bowl with the Hurricanettes. She founded, choreographed for, and directed UF’s first diverse dance company, DANZA. She also worked as assistant manager of UF’s proffesional modern dance company The Florida MOD Project. As her Senior Project, Karla created a very unique modern dance piece, Secret Contempt, which was chosen by the faculty to be performed in the American College Dance Festival in Texas as well as the Florida Dance Festival in Miami 2002.

UF has blessed her with many prestigious awards and honors such as the Multicultural Scholarship Award, and The Judy Manson Award. She has made her way to teach in different settings and schools such as Miami Sunset Senior High, South Miami Senior High, The Vision Academy, Dancing in XS and Cristi’s Dance studio. Today she opens her own academy to share her extensive and diverse knowledge with today’s youth.

  • Musical Theatre


Angel Forte Jr., the founder, musical director and president of Angel Voices, has been a music teacher in the Miami-Dade County School System since 1991. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Music Education from Florida International University and a Master's from Nova Southeastern University. He is also a National Board Certification candidate. Mr. Forte has directed and produced various original musical productions such as “A Stroll Down Broadway”, There’s No Business Like Show Business”, "Give My Regards to Broadway", "Making It, Broadway Y La Musica Nuestra, “The Crazy Night Before Christmas” to name a few. He has guided students through the audition and selection process for the Actor's Playhouse, Star Search, Regional and National Competitions and the Regional Arts Magnet Schools. He coordinated, directed and co-wrote "Freedom Stands," a relief-effort concert benefiting the victims of September 11th's terrorists attacks. Mr. Forte has been featured as a soloist in various local television programs, has performed in various groups throughout the South Florida area and has been an accompanist for local artists and ensembles. His highest honor as a musician has been performing at the White House. Mr. Forte is an accomplished musician, composer and arranger who is equally at home performing on stage or directing behind the scenes.

 
  • Painting
  • Drawing
  • Art
  • Self-Improvement

 


Dominican by birth but a US resident and citizen since childhood, Fabiola Duarte Gómez has a BA in Psychology from the University of Puerto Rico. She has developed as a self-taught artist in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. She has produced four individual expositions and participated in 25 collectives with other well-known artists in different cities and countries. Teaching art classes to children and adults in the Dominican Republic and in Miami has been part of her history as a painter and artist for many years. International Awards and Merits in Classic Painting have been some fruits of her talent and dedication through her career as an artist. She received her first award at the age 15 in Puerto Rico in Classic Painting, the First Place in International Classic Painting for the ACCA in 1992 as well as an Honor Mention in 1993.

Fabiola Duarte has also always been a profound seeker of the depth of the human psyche and spirit. Since 1996 has established herself as a Clinical Hypnotherapist and a Reiki Master Teacher. She is the President and founder of El Centro Integral de Hipnoterapia, Corp. since 1999. Part of her work is private therapies and sessions, self-growth groups, courses and seminars.
She received two nominations by the United Nations UNESCO to receive the Prize for Internacional Educational Excellence 2004 and 2005 and to receive the Doctor Honoris Causa in Tertiary Complementary Education of the Organización Mundial de la Salud Pública in the same years.

You can find more information of her trajectory and work at cih.fabioladuarte.com.

 

  • Hip-Hop



Jessica Migrated to Miami at the yearly age of two from Nicaragua. Since her early beginners she has been driven to master the art of performance. All through school she was part of the dance teams and won many championship awards. Currently she is a dance major at Florida International University and a professional dancer who has worked with several famous artists that include: Zion, Akon, Kevin Little, Luke, Sean Kingston, MJ and many more.

  • Ballet
  • Pointe

Miss Jenny started her extensive dance training at a very early age at Ballet Cie. After many years of training she moved on to different dance studios and dance teams such as St. Brendan High School Dance Team, Sweat it Dance Academy, Top Gun All-stars ,U-Neek Starz. She has also perform in the Orange bowl Halftime Show 2005 featuring Kelly Clarkston and Ashlee Simpson, Premio Lo Nuestro, Sabado Gigante and much more ,Dancer 2008

 

Inicia sus estudios de Danza en 1988 en la Escuela de Baile Tatiana Reyna, reconocida escuela de baile flamenco en Caracas-Venezuela, de la cual llega a ser Directora Artística, Coreógrafa principal y maestra.

Bailarina de la Compañía de Siudy Garrido, con la cual tiene múltiples presentaciones entre las cuales se destaca: Mas 35 presentaciones en el Hotel Windham en la Isla de Aruba 2004, Participación como bailarina en el Miss Venezuela 2004, Bailarina en el Video Clip Gipsy Heart de Siudy Garrido 2005 www.youtube.com/watch?v=5A0sM7xBgH0, Participación Show Case DDO Agency, Miami Fl, 2007

Forma parte como bailarina de el 1er Gran Musical de Venezuela, Venezuela Viva, con el cual gira por mas de 35 Ciudades en Holanda, 2006. También en La Organización de Estados Americanos (OEA, con motivo de la conmemoración de el 5 de Julio Día de Independencia de Venezuela, Washington D.C, 2007 www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5vQ7owinmY&feature=related

Ha tomado clases en Madrid, Málaga, Sevilla, la Haban Cuba con destacados profesores entre los cuales se encuentran: Tatiana Reyna, Daniela Tugues, , Helena Pachon, Rafael Campallo, Belén Maya, Carlos Rodríguez, Ángel Rojas Rocío Molina, Mario Maya, Isabel Bayon, Ángel Atienza, Juan Ogalla, La Truco, Manuel Betanzos, entre otros

Belly Dance

Kelly has been studying Middle Eastern Dance for over 5 years. She is very grateful to be an active member of Virginia's performing company Wa Nour Al Ayun.
She has studied with and performed for legendary instructors such as M. Reda, Mr. Youssry Sharif, Raquia Hassan, etc. She has also had the pleasure of
performing for the Saudi Arabian Royal Family. She has performed in many places which include Paris, Egypt, NY, Argentina, and more.
Kelly also enjoys teaching very much because she likes to help woman and girls get in touch with their feminine spirit!

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