In loving memory of our founder, mentor, mother to many, and inspiration to all that knew her, Matilde Rabiña Barreto
Ms. Barreto had over three decades of teaching experience. A graduate of the world famous Alonso Ballet School in Cuba Ms. Barreto danced as a member of the National Ballet of Cuba; was Awarded Tampa’s 1999 Hispanic Woman of the Year in the Arts; was jury member of the 2000 Ballet competitions of the Nat’l Soc. Of Arts and Letters–Tampa Bay Chapter; and featured on “What’s Right in Tampa Bay” by Fox 13 News for the year 2003. Was adjunct faculty of the Univ. of South Florida Dance Department. She was a Board Member on Curriculum of the Classical Ballet Program at the Patel Conservatory; member of Dance Master of America, Florida Dance Assoc., and Hispanic Professional Women’s Assoc. | 
