Annabel Quintero is the Chief Curator and curriculum developer of Mambo 2 Hip Hop, a traveling museum that traces how colonization outlawed the drum and dance for Black and Indigenous people and celebrates collaborations between Black and Brown musicians from the 1920s to 1970s. She teaches how Mambo, Salsa, and Top Rock connect. A Seattle B-girl since 1995, she performed with DVS Crew, then danced in the Bronx with the New York City Breakers and Rock Steady Crew, and was featured in Martha Cooper’s We B-Girlz. She holds a master’s in Education Policy and Organizational Leadership from the University of Washington.
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