“My junior year of high school, I took a beginning dance class, and it was around the same time that I understood that I was undocumented,” says choreographer Gabriel Mata, ’15 BFA Dance. “I also was understanding that I was gay and growing up Catholic; that created an interesting trifecta. Dance was a way of removing myself from my environment and getting lost in the internal sense, getting lost in movement.” Read more about Mata’s approach to dance in digital edition of #SJSUWSQ at the link in bio. #spartanlife