BOMBA IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS
TO REPRESENTING PRIAA, MEMBER OF YORUBA 2 OF RHODE ISLAND PERFORMS WITH HESHIMA MOJA AND OFRECIMIENTO GROUP FROM SPRINGFIELD, MA, A GREAT COLLABORATION AMONG ARTISTS FROM NEW ENGLAND
Biography of Lydia Perez, Founder/CEO of PRIAA
NATIONAL ARTIST EXPRESSED HERSELF THROUGH HER CULTURE AND HERITAGE BRINGING THE BEST OF PUERTO RICO Lydia Perez, Performing Arts Lydia Perez – Born in San Juan, Capital of Puerto Rico, she grew up in the town of “La Central” or “Hoyo Mula de Canóvanas”. She graduated from the Inter-American University, Magna Cum Laude, in June of 1989, with a Bachelor's in Business Administration. Four months later, she and her husband decided to move to Attleboro, Massachusetts. A year later, her husband bought a house in Warwick, Rhode Island. She has been living in Rhode Island for 21 years. Lydia is a highly accomplished and dynamic performer. She presents traditional music, workshops and productions from Puerto Rico and the Caribbean. In 1994, she and her husband founded Puertorriqueños Unidos, Inc., a non profit organization. In 2004, Puertorriqueños Unidos, Inc. changed it's name to the Puerto Rican Institute for Arts and Advocacy, or PRIAA, and became an outsta...
