Rosalinda Rojas is a BIPOC dance educator, teaching artist, and experimentalist choreographer. A native-born Harlemite and daughter of the South Bronx, her early dance experiences are deeply rooted in her Afro-Caribbean heritage—ranging from Bomba to Escuela Bolera and beyond. She was a founding student of Ballet Hispánico under the visionary leadership of Tina and Coco Ramírez, an experience that helped shape her lifelong dedication to culturally grounded dance education.

Her pre-professional training as a merit based recipient includes formative studies at the High School of Performing Arts, Joffrey Ballet, Dance Theatre of Harlem, the Martha Graham School, The Ailey School (Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater), and the Puerto Rican Dance Theater. In 2015, she was awarded the prestigious Project Plié scholarship from American Ballet Theatre’s National Training Curriculum (ABT NTC) to pursue ballet pedagogy. Rosalinda continues to expand her pedagogical certifications in ballet, Progressing Ballet Technique, and Dunham Technique.

She was recently honored with an invitation to join the inaugural cohort of The Ailey School's Horton Teacher Certification Program—an opportunity that reflects her deep affinity for the Ailey legacy and Horton technique. Though unable to accept the offer at this time due to financial constraints, she remains committed to pursuing this certification in the near future.

Rosalinda is thrilled to be embracing a new chapter in her academic and artistic journey: she was offered a spot in the 2024 PhD cohort at Texas Woman’s University (TWU), where she will engage in doctoral action research focused on dance and transformative pedagogy. Granted a deferred start date, she will begin the program in the summer of 2026. Her research explores decolonizing dance curriculum, culturally responsive pedagogy, and Afro-Indigenous embodiment, with a specific focus on the intersections of flamenco, diaspora, and ancestral memory through immersive technology and creative practice.

A lifelong learner and cultural steward, Rosalinda maintains active student membership at both the National Institute of Flamenco and Casa Flamenca in Albuquerque, where she deepens her flamenco studies through an Afro-diasporic lens. She performs as a company member with Festival Ballet Albuquerque, bringing her rich fusion of classical and folkloric traditions to diverse repertory seasons and collaborative community productions.

Her choreographic work includes commissions for The Metropolitan Opera, Big Apple Circus, and Barnum on Broadway. Rosalinda holds an MFA in Dance from Montclair State University, an MA in Dance Education from the University of Northern Colorado, and a BFA in Choreography from New Mexico University.