Ting Alvarez-Maquinta is a Dance Practitioner, Healer, and Artist, who uses their art as a form of visual and oral story telling like ancestors before them have done, and instills a holistic and spiritual approach to all forms of dance. With an extensive background in root work, as well as being a mammadto and mangngagas, Ting is also deeply entrenched in historical work documenting family history and precolonial Ilokano culture, all while learning about living cultures. With a long history of involvement in the ancestral arts, as well as fine arts, Ting’s goal is to create a safe space for all artists and ancestral practitioners, hoping to continue pushing living cultures forward while also embracing innovation in the all art forms. Ting currently possesses a bachelors in dance an A.A. in music(voice training), as well as a bachelors in zoology which heavily influences their approach to research and performance.