Maiensy Sanchez
Modern Languages Faculty
Maiensy Sanchez has a聽BA in聽Anthropology (University of Washington) and a聽BFA in Musical Composition and Performance (Instituto Superior de Arte, Havana, Cuba).聽She studied music professionally for 14 years, specializing in piano and musical composition in Cuba, and graduated with distinction from the University of Washington as a Mary Gates, Ronald E. McNair, and EIP Presidential Scholar.
She has聽20-plus years of bilingual teaching and curriculum development professional experience, including聽at the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Learning (ITESM) in Mexico. She is also聽a performing artist trained in theater (acting and dramaturgy), film studies, classical ballet, West African dance, jazz, flamenco, modern dance, and yoga (200-YTT Mount Madonna Center).
Her work is inspired by her parents, including聽her dad, Fernando Alonso, who was聽co-founder of the National Ballet of Cuba and creator of the method internationally recognized as the Cuban School of Ballet.