Loyola Marymount University is a top-ranked national university by U.S. News and World Report, which places LMU among the top six Jesuit universities in the country and in the top six private universities in California. Founded in 1911, LMU is a Catholic, Jesuit, and Marymount university with more than 7,100 undergraduate students and more than 3,000 graduate and law students. LMU offers 56 undergraduate majors and 56 minor programs, along with 46 master’s degree programs, three doctorate programs and 12 credential/authorization programs. LMU’s intercollegiate athletics teams compete in the West Coast Conference with 14 Division I varsity sports.

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Loyola Marymount University

Career Highlights:
- Attended and graduated from NYU Tisch School of the Arts with a BFA in Dance and minor in Spanish
- Was a founding company member of Limón Dance Company's Limón2
- Apprenticed with Ronald K. Brown's Evidence 
- Was a Mark Morris Dance Group company member
- Is a Dance for PD (Parkinson's Disease) teacher and NYU Adjunct Professor

Taína Lyons

Loyola Marymount University

Biography