Katherine De La Cruz (she/her) is an Afro-Dominican dancer and choreographer based in Brooklyn, NY. She graduated in 2020 from Hunter College with both a BA in Anthropology and Dance. She has performed in various venues and festivals both live and virtually including City Center’s Fall for Dance Festival, The WP Theater, The Estrogenius Festival, Movement Research, and more. She is currently a member of the Soul Dance Company. Katherine has used dance to support climate justice and immigrants’ rights causes in New York City. She believes that dance is a powerful tool for community building. Katherine is a passionate choreographer whose work centers around themes of social inequality, LGBTQ+ stories, familial ties, immigration, and mental health. Most of her work is born from a need to make direct political statements and to make visible often ignored inner healing processes.