Gabriela is a native of La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Theater credits include the role of Best Friend/Maid in Rodrigo Nogueira's play REAL directed by Erin Ortman at The Tank in NYC. She was a cast member of the musical Half Time —directed and choreographed by Jerry Mitchell—, as well as Movement Associate for the production of Sweeney Todd at the Barrow Street Theater.  She is a former cast member and dance captain for CHICAGO - The Musical on Broadway and National Tours.  During her time at  CHICAGO she worked with celebrities such as George Hamilton, Marilu Henner, Huey Lewis, Taye Diggs, Usher, Melanie Griffith, Patrick Swayze, Brooke Shields and more. Other musical theater credits include Roman Holiday (Guthrie), West Side Story, Joseph…Dreamcoat, Carousel and the Vienna and Mexico City companies of CHICAGO where she played the role of “Velma Kelly” in their native language and was Dance Associate for the Düsseldorf Company. As a choreographer, she served as Associate Choreographer for Public Works' musical production of Twelfth Night along side Lorin Latarro, directed by Kwame Kwei-Armah. She has created works for the Joffrey Ballet School's NYC Jazz and Contemporary summer intensive performances, BC/EFA benefits, R.Evolución Latina's Choreographer Festival and a  production of Sweet Charity in Lima, Perú under Preludio Asociación Cultural where she also served as choreography adviser to Preludio's Production of CHICAGO in 2012.  Within the concert dance world she acted as Co-coordinator and faculty for the Joffrey Ballet School's "Joffrey Ensemble" and Jazz and Contemporary Program in New York City. She has taught Classical Ballet, Jazz and Musical Theater at schools in Germany, Austria, Mexico, Peru, Sweden and more, and in New York at STEPS, Ellison Ballet, Arias Dance NYC, BDC, Joffrey Ballet School, Molloy College/CAP21, Ithaca College and Pace University.  TV credits include "Succession" and "Jessica Jones".  Film credits:  In The Heights, Whatever Lola Wants (Tribeca film festival) and Enchanted.  As a voiceover actor, her voice can be heard in numerous TV commercials and radio spots for the US national hispanic market as well as Spanish language audio books.  Gabriela is Co-Founder and Director of R.Evolución Latina (RL), a nonprofit organization making a difference through the arts. She holds a BA in Performing Arts from Saint Mary's College of California and is a recipient of El Diario’s 2010 Mujeres Destacadas award. Her dance training began under the RAD syllabus, followed by study at the San Francisco Ballet School and Pacific Northwest Ballet School. As a soloist she danced with Tanzforum der Oper Koeln in Germany (where she originated several roles), Ballet del Instituto Cabañas, and Balletteatro Contemponáneo in Guadalajara, Mexico.  During her time at Pacific Northwest Ballet she had the opportunity to perform in ballets such as Serenade, Swan Lake, Midsummer's Night dream, Nutcracker, and others. Gabriela has brought the RL mission to underprivileged students in New York as well as to her city of La Paz and surrounding areas, by teaching workshops at community centers and offering master classes in dance to the local dance community.  She is a passionate teacher, inspiring, mentoring and instilling her values and work ethic to her students.