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Brenda Velez (born March 23, 1979) is a Mexican Ballerina and Architect. She is best known for preforming in Swan Lake and in Giselle in Guadalajara's Teatro Degollado and owning VIA DANZA a dance academy in Guadalajara.

Early Life and Career Beginnings
Brenda Velez was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco at age 6 her parents brought her to an orthopedic doctor because their daughter's feet. Brenda was flat footed having no arches on her feet the doctor recommended her to take ballet classes. At age 8 Brenda began ballet in a local school in Guadalajara called Victoria Ballet Guadalajarashe commented that "At first It was for medical reasons then I learned to love it." At age 12 Brenda left for Mexico City to take a few ballet classes she commented that "When I attended my first class at the school the teacher commented how late I started ballet and told me I should just have become a model." Brenda was taught by many teachers that where recognized in the state of Jalisco such as Carmen Sandoval, Carmen Pardon, Segui, Vicencio, Guillermo Hernandez, Ricardo Costo and Alejandro Zybin. During her dancing career she studied Architecture in ITESO. In 1998 she worked in 2 dance academies Escuela de Danza Club Deportivo Guadalajara and Escuela de Danza Club LAS Fuentes. a In 2001 she competed in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon during the American Dance Competition she won first place as a soloist. At age 21 in 2004 also pregnant with her first child she had her debut and was offered a scholarship form the Secretary of Culture in Jalisco she was Myrthe in Giselle in a state production at the Teatro Degollado and was in the production of Swan Lake months later.

Personal Life
In 2003 she married Oscar Rodrigo. She has 4 children Erick, Sophia, Sara and Dante. She continues to dance while recently opening a dance academy VIA DANZA in January of 2015