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Alumna Maria Diaz opened Fuego y Sabor Latino Dance Studio to bring Latin American dance from her home country of Colombia to South Central Los Angeles. (Miriam Bribiesca/Photo editor)

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Alumna hopes to inspire passion for Colombian dance within LA youth

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When Maria Diaz auditioned for the UCLA world arts and cultures’ dance program, she never had any formal dance training. Now the alumna runs her own studio and hopes to provide young people with opportunities she didn’t have as a child.

https://dailybruin.com/2016/08/14/alumna-hopes-to-inspire-passion-for-colombian-dance-within-la-youth/

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Alumna hopes to inspire passion for Colombian dance within LA youth

By Daniel Maraccini

Aug. 14, 2016 10:18 p.m.