Credentials & Education
Project Management Certificate
Center for Executive and Professional Education, Portland State University, Portland OR
PMP preparation and competency-building in project management tools, skills, theories, techniques
Intercultural Effectiveness Scale Certificate
Kozai Group, Portland OR
Certification in administering inventory and assessment of individual and group capacity to function in a multicultural environment, delivery of results, design and delivery of training, individual coaching
Participatory Leadership Facilitation Certificate
Art of Hosting, Portland OR
Certification in The Art of Participatory Leadership, a highly effective way of harnessing the collective wisdom and self-organizing capacity of groups of any size; facilitation methods include World Café, Open Space Technology, and Collective Mind-mapping, among others
Laban Movement Analysis Certificate
Integrated Movement Studies, University of Utah-Salt Lake City UT
Graduate certification including change process facilitation and methodology, applied observation theory, adult education pedagogy, hands-on and neuromuscular repatterning skills and techniques
Bachelor of Arts in Dance (Honors) and Comparative Literature
Hamilton College, Clinton NY
Liberal Arts with one full academic year in Madrid, Spain, including graduate-level studies in Spanish grammar and syntax, Spanish art history (weekly visits to El Prado museum), Spanish literature, and a self-guided survey of Romanesque religious architecture throughout northern Spain
High School Diploma
The Taft School, Watertown CT
College preparatory boarding school emphasizing the Socratic method for critical thinking skills, and the development of writing and research skills
Ana is a project manager, trainer, facilitator, and former modern dancer and choreographer. From 1989 to 2009, Ana was a member of various dance companies and performed as a solo artist in small venues across the US. As a natural extension of her work in dance, Ana has a studied and deep understanding of people, relationships, and processes. She brings what she learned in the studio and on stage to the business world.
Her work is focused on corporate professionals and teams, helping move concept and strategy into action, helping individuals find their best ways of working, and helping teams find ways to move forward in unison. Her clientele ranges from Fortune 500 companies to small, nonprofit arts organizations.
Ana was born of Dominican immigrants and raised bilingual. Steeped in the cultures of North America and the Dominican Republic, and having lived there, all over the US, and briefly in Madrid, Ana brings a multicultural perspective to all she does. In her spare time she can be found wandering the galleries of one of her favorite Twin Cities haunts, the Minneapolis Institute of Art.