Rabbi Mira Rivera received ordination at The Jewish Theological Seminary with an M.A. in Jewish Studies. She is Associate Rabbi and Board Certified Chaplain at Kehillat Romemu in New York City and at Ammud: the Jews of Color Academy. Before seminary, she danced with the Martha Graham Dance Company and Ensemble under Artistic Director Yuriko Kikuchi and studied with ballet master Gabriela Taub Darvash. As teaching artist for National Dance Institute, she reached hundreds of public school children in New York City. In the middle of a performing career and raising a family, she earned a BFA in Film from New York University.