Olga Loya is a nationally recognized performer, award- winning author, teacher, and keynote speaker. She performs a large repertoire of family and personal stories with the goal of exploring the struggles and complexity of being bicultural—a Mexican American in the United States. She uses a dramatic mix of Spanish and English to share traditional tales from Latin America. Olga also tells stories from around the world: Africa, India, Asia, the Antilles and Europe. She uses a variety of performance styles, including improvisation, movement and dance, song and instruments. Olga performs for the Los Angeles Music Center on Tour as well as the Santa Cruz Cultural Center.

LET'S BE KIND - Listen to folktales, an original story and a personal story that show the power of kindness and learning about ourselves in new ways. K-12

STORIES FROM LATIN AMERICA -Celebrate the magic of stories with folktales about self-image and learning about our own strength, personal stories about discovering one's own culture and myths from long ago that help us understand the present. K-12

SINGING AND DANCING THROUGH STORIES - Celebrate with dance and song as your hear folktales, personal stories and myths Latin America - K- 6

LET'S WORK TOGETHER - this program explores the power of community, people working together and peace tales. K-12

HISTORY ALIVE- tells the story Of Juana Briones, a Californio, who lived from 1802 to 1889. In a dramatic, historically accurate monologue, uses her storytelling skill to bring Juana Briones to life. one performance for K-4 and other for 4-12..