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Teresa Miranda
Teresa Lysette Miranda born on April 16th, 1992 is a dancer born and raised in Tucson, Arizona. She is a student at the University of Arizona graduating with a degree in Information in Science and Technology this December 2015. She has been dancing since the age of 6, starting with Ballet then on to other types of dance, such as Tap dance, Baile Folklorico, and even Capoeira. The one type of dance that she enjoys most is Hip Hop. She has danced Hip Hop since about 8th grade and hasn't stopped since, only slowed down. She joined the advanced Hip Hop team in High School and taught at Davis Bilingual Elementary School after she graduated. Now, with very little free time she keeps up with her dancing on her own but plans to get back to it eventually.

Family
Teresa was the only girl and grew up with two older brothers, Jorgie and Andres Miranda. Her parents are happily married and living in Tucson, Arizona, along with a majority of her family. Her mother is a math teacher at Pueblo Magnet High School and her father owns his own business doing concrete remodeling in homes.

She is in love with her high school sweetheart, Carlos Santos Garcia, and have been together since May 26th, 2010.

On January 22nd, 2015, she gave birth to a son, Mykah Santos Garcia, at Northwest Women's Center who was born 2 months prematurely. She had a lot of pregnancy struggles and was in and out of the hospital. Mykah was in the hospital for about two weeks after he was born.

She has two dogs, Roxy, who is a Jack Russel Terrier and is about 9 years old. The other is Hazel, who is mixed Pitbull and Rhodesian Ridgeback and is about 3 years old.

Interests
Teresa enjoys listening to music on her spare time although she doesn't mind doing some arts and crafts and being creative around the house. She loves listening to Missy Elliot, Beyoncé, and Drake, but you'll also find her listening to some Keith Urban, Luke Bryan, and Kenny Chesney. Working out is part of her daily routine and eating well is part of her new self goal. Food is her favorite way to gather family together and have family time.

Dallas Cowboys is her favorite football team and has seen them play three times.

Acheivements
Volunteer work/ Awards

Lorraine Lee Service Award 2010 50+ hours of community service. August 2010- May 2010

St. John’s Catholic Church Catechism Aide			Spring 2008, 2009

PHS Youth Empowered for Success (YES)				August 2008- May 2010

MESA Competition Won 4th place for Roller Coaster Design	April 2009

University of Arizona Note taker for Disability students 		Spring 2011

Teresa was Class of 2010 President and President of the Youth Empowered for Success (YES) club. She played volleyball her freshman year of high school, and did pomline her sophomore year. She joined the Varsity Cheer team her junior and senior year and danced with the advanced dance group called Ixora.