A Philadelphia native and current Baltimore resident, Angelica Daniele serves Dance/USA as the program coordinator for the Institute for Leadership Training. Angelica is an advocate for mentorship in the arts, and proud to see Dance/USA furthering its commitment to building emerging leaders through facilitating mentoring relationships. She graduated in 2009 from Goucher College, and received her B.A., summa cum laude, in Dance and Psychology with concentrations in both arts administration and dance therapy. Angelica now dances professionally in Baltimore and serves as an administrator for local dance schools and organizations. She additionally serves on the board for the Maryland Council for Dance. Angelica is also pursuing her Masters of Arts in Arts Administration from Goucher College, and anticipates receiving this degree in the summer of 2012. Angelica is also the proud author of Performance: The Collective and Introspective, a research-based work that explores the psychology of the dance performer, and the mental, physical, and emotional journey the dancer moves through in preparing for and executing a performance. Angelica received the Emerging Voices in Psychology and the Arts Award through True Center Publishing based in Doylestown, PA for this work, following completion of her undergraduate degree. Angelica continues to write, and hopes to publish her thesis, Mentorship and the Arts: Building Our Leaders of Tomorrow, upon completion of her Masters degree.

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