Ve Me would like to recognize Roxana Reyes Borrego for her continued dedication to the community. Her leadership and commitment to education and the arts make Roxana our Featured Powerful Latina.

About Roxana

Roxana Reyes Borrego began studying Folklorico at the age of five and began teaching at the age of 19. Since then, she has dedicated herself to enriching the Sacramento Community with the art for the past 20 years. Mrs. Borrego has worked to implement cultural arts in local schools and colleges, she has worked with several performance groups in our area, and is the founder and director of the nonprofit organization Raices de Mi Tierra and the Sacramento Cultural Arts Center.

In 1997, Roxana founded the group Flor del Corazon at Sacramento High School. She served as its instructor for 6 years and established it to be the first college preparatory Folklorico class recognized by the Regents of the University of California.

She is one of the founders of Grupo Folklorico Raices de Mi Tierra (raicesdemitierra.com) and has served as the Artistic Director for the past 15 years.

She is currently the Artistic Director of Danzantes del Alma at UC Davis, and serves as adjunct faculty at CSU Sacramento in the department of Theatre & Dance.

Ms. Borrego is the owner and director of the Sacramento Cultural Arts Center (sacculturaldance.com) which was awarded Non-Profit of the year by the Sacramento Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in 2007.

In 2008, she was recognized as part of KVIE’s Latino Heritage Celebration for her community service work and volunteerism in our Capitol City.

In 2010, Roxana was awarded an outstanding service award for Women’s History month organized by Much Lov 2 Give Foundation, ERI Inc., and Destiny Calls.

In the same year, Roxana was also recognized for her excellence as a performing arts educator and was awarded for preserving culture through dance by the International Association for Women of Color Day.

This year, Roxana is a nominee for Arts Educator of the Year by the Arts Business Council of Sacramento.

Roxana completed her Masters Thesis titled “Ethnic Identity Development Through Traditional Mexican Dance,” and is a licensed Marriage & Family Therapist currently working at UC Davis in Counseling and Psychological Services. She is the proud mother of two, and hopes to earn her PhD in Cultural Studies in the near future.