Itza is returning for her fourth season with the Raiderettes, and will serve as a co-captain this year. Itza is originally from Oakland and feels honored to be representing her home team.
Itza is heavily involved in Mexican folk dance. She started dancing Mexican Folklorico when she was seven years old with a dance company in Oakland. She’s had the opportunity to perform all over Mexico and the United States. Itza did not start dancing jazz until she attended San Jose State University, where she met Raiderette assistant choreographer Laura Jollay. It was there that Itza developed a passion for the jazz scene and the professional cheerleading world.
She never gave up her Mexican Folklorico roots, however, as Itza still dances Folklorico and teaches it at her alma mater. She also majored in cultural anthropology as a way to study dance from a cultural perspective, also known as dance ethnography. Itza enjoys studying how cultural dances transcend borders.
Itza is pursuing her masters and hopes to teach dance ethnography and Mexican Folklorico in the future.
The four-year veteran is a fluent Spanish speaker and thinks it’s an important part of her culture to maintain her language. She enjoys being able to connect with the Latino community of the Raider Nation.
Itza is returning for her fourth season with the Raiderettes, and will serve as a co-captain this year. Itza is originally from Oakland and feels honored to be representing her home team.
Itza is heavily involved in Mexican folk dance. She started dancing Mexican Folklorico when she was seven years old with a dance company in Oakland. She’s had the opportunity to perform all over Mexico and the United States. Itza did not start dancing jazz until she attended San Jose State University, where she met Raiderette assistant choreographer Laura Jollay. It was there that Itza developed a passion for the jazz scene and the professional cheerleading world.
She never gave up her Mexican Folklorico roots, however, as Itza still dances Folklorico and teaches it at her alma mater. She also majored in cultural anthropology as a way to study dance from a cultural perspective, also known as dance ethnography. Itza enjoys studying how cultural dances transcend borders.
Itza is pursuing her masters and hopes to teach dance ethnography and Mexican Folklorico in the future.
The four-year veteran is a fluent Spanish speaker and thinks it’s an important part of her culture to maintain her language. She enjoys being able to connect with the Latino community of the Raider Nation.
