Cambria Anderson is a dancer, performer, and dance educator from the Bay Area whose work is rooted in African diasporic dance, cultural exploration, and building confidence through movement. She holds a BFA in Dance from California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) and is a certified M’Singha Wuti Technique Teacher through the Association of American African Dance Teachers, with certification to teach Umfundalai (mah-foon-da-lah) to recreational dance communities. She is currently pursuing her Single Subject Teaching Credential in Dance at CSULB.

Cambria began dancing at the age of 10, training in Hip-Hop and cheer with Fatimah Wilson of the Wilson Tigers. As her passion for dance grew, she attended Cal Performances’ AileyCamp at UC Berkeley, where she was immersed in Jazz, Ballet, Modern, Hip-Hop, and West African dance. She later continued her training at Shawl-Anderson Dance Center and Berkeley Ballet Theater. In 2018, Cambria received the Victor Anderson Scholarship, and during the 2019–2020 season, she became an apprentice with the Berkeley Ballet Theater Youth Company.

At CSULB, Cambria expanded her training in Ballet, Modern, Jazz, Hip-Hop, and Umfundalai, an African contemporary dance technique. Her study of Umfundalai under Danzel Thompson-Stout deepened her interest in African diasporic dance and eventually led her to pursue teacher certification in the technique. Wanting to develop a deeper understanding of the African traditions and movement practices that inform her work, Cambria continued her study of West African dance throughout the Los Angeles area with artists including Daunte Fyall, Ndella Diassy-Diallo, Dr. Jewel Jackson-Diallo, Nafi Diabate, Babacar N’Diaye, and many others. She currently performs with Le Ballet Dembaya, a Los Angeles-based West African dance company, and has performed at events including the 66th Annual L.A. County Holiday Celebration at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion and LA Commons’ Day of the Ancestors: Festival of Masks.

As an educator, Cambria has worked with students from preschool through middle school in recreational and K–12 settings. She has taught West African dance at Culver City Middle School with Daansekou and beginning and intermediate Ballet through CSULB’s Ballet Pedagogy course. She currently teaches with Conga Kids, where she introduces young dancers to a wide range of dance forms and cultural traditions, including Latin social dances, Hip-Hop, Jazz, and dances connected to Asian and Pacific Islander cultures. Through her teaching, Cambria strives to help students understand dance not only as a physical and artistic practice, but also as an opportunity to learn about themselves, their communities, and cultures beyond their own. She has also choreographed for student performances, including multicultural programming with Conga Kids, and created 1+1 for an informal student showcase at CSULB.

Cambria brings passion, energy, and intention into every class she teaches. Her classes are encouraging and joyful spaces where students are invited to express themselves, take risks, and discover what they are capable of. While Cambria believes strongly in meeting students where they are, she also believes in appropriately challenging them to move beyond what feels comfortable. She approaches teaching with both high expectations and grace, allowing students the space to make mistakes, reflect, try again, and recognize their own progress. Through this balance of encouragement and challenge, she hopes to cultivate confidence, resilience, self-awareness, and trust in oneself—qualities that extend far beyond the dance studio.