Our Team

Lexii Regina Alcaraz

Program Coordinator & Creator (She/her)

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Celina Naima Speck

Dance Instructor (She/her)

Celina Naima Speck is a Swiss artist, living in San Diego, CA. She earned her degree in Contemporary Dance at the University of the Arts (Zürich, Switzerland) where she danced in works by Itzik Galili, Barak Marshall, Michael Schumacher, Ihsam Rustem, and Adrijana Danchevska. She was a dancer with The Dancing Wheels Company and School for five seasons. She has performed works by Donald Byrd, Marc Brew, Catherine Meredith, Laurel Lawson, and many more on national and international tours. Celina is passionate about making dance spaces more inclusive and teaches for the NeuroDance program in San Diego.

Tina Carreras

dance instructor

Tina Carreras is a Dancer, Choreographer, Teaching Artist, and Personal Fitness Instructor. Her passion is movement as a form of creative expression, self-care, and community building. She has been performing, choreographing, and volunteering in the San Diego dance community for the past 6 years with organizations such as San Diego Dance Theater, Disco Riot, H2O Dance, Malashock, Ballet Counterpointe, Accipiter Dance, and the San Diego International Fringe Festival. Tina teaches a Functional Mobility and an Aging Creatively Modern class for San Diego Dance Theater. She also teaches Seated Movement & Music classes in Memory Care and Assisted Living Facilities throughout San Diego. Tina is currently working with Malashock NeuroDance and San Diego Dance Theater on their Healing Through the Arts grant initiative programs funded by the Conrad Prebys Foundation.

Judith drapkin

dance instructor

Judith Drapkin holds a Master’s degree in Expressive Arts Therapy and brings a lifelong passion for dance that began at age four. As a Director of Operations for a childcare organization, she has built her career around creating supportive, inclusive environments for growth and development. At NeuroDance, she integrates movement and creativity to support people of all ages, helping each individual connect with their body, build confidence, and experience the joy of dance.

Alston tyndall

Dance Instructor (She/they)

Alston Tyndall (she/they) is a mover, teacher, artist, advocate, and choreographer originally from Eastern North Carolina. They hold an MFA in Dance with a Somatic Emphasis in Access and Inclusion from the University of Colorado Boulder, and a BA in Sociology and Dance with a Professional Performance Certificate from Meredith College. Alston’s goals through dance, performance art, and teaching are to make the dance community a more inclusive and accessible space for everyone to experience the transformative power of movement.

niza galindo

dance instructor (she/her)

Niza Galindo (she/her), a San Diego-based dancer with a B.A. in Dance from California State University, Long Beach and has deep roots with transcenDANCE Youth Art Project where she now works as a Program Coordinator. She is one of five 2025 (R)evolution artists interns with DISCO RIOT, a volunteer for San Diego NeuroDance and other physical therapy projects. She is working toward becoming a physical therapist with a focus on supporting the disability community within the performing arts world.

Celina Naima Speck

Dance instructor (she/her)

Celina Naima Speck is a Swiss artist, living in San Diego, CA. She earned her degree in Contemporary Dance at the University of the Arts (Zürich, Switzerland) where she danced in works by Itzik Galili, Barak Marshall, Michael Schumacher, Ihsam Rustem, and Adrijana Danchevska. She was a dancer with The Dancing Wheels Company and School for five seasons. She has performed works by Donald Byrd, Marc Brew, Catherine Meredith, Laurel Lawson, and many more on national and international tours. Celina is passionate about making dance spaces more inclusive and teaches for the NeuroDance program in San Diego.

Our Team

lexii regina alcaraz

Molly Puryear

celina naima speck

Tina carreras

judith drapkin

Alston Tyndall

Niza Galindo

casey hall-lander

Rosalia Arellano

Veronica Martin

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Lexii Regina Alcaraz

Program Coordinator & Creator (She/her)

Celina Naima Speck

Dance Instructor (She/her)

Tina Carreras

dance instructor

Judith drapkin

dance instructor

Alston tyndall

Dance Instructor (She/they)

niza galindo

dance instructor (she/her)

Celina Naima Speck

Dance instructor (she/her)