Ashley Cabrera joined CYC during the summer of 2010 with 16 years of training in various types of dance including: ballet, contemporary, improvisation, modern, jazz, hip hop, and flamenco. Working under the direction of worldwide and locally known instructors and choreographers, including Summer Lee Rhatigan, Tina Kay Bohnstedt, and Viktor Kabaniav, Ashley has been a participant in intensive programs at Alonzo King's Lines Ballet and San Francisco Conservatory of Dance. She has also been a member of the Diablo Ballet Apprentice Program, is a graduate of Ballet Celeste International of San Francisco, and is a current company member of Kimberly B. Valmore’s Coterie Dance.

Having been a member of different programs and various companies, Ashley has performed award-winning repertoire, as well as classical ballets, at venues including Dean Lesher Regional Arts Center, Holy Names University, Sleeptrain Pavillion, Zellerbach Hall, and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. She continues her dance education under the direction of Kimberly B. Valmore at Diablo Valley College.

Being allowed to train and educate students in a positive and supportive environment, Ashley hopes to share her professional insight, passion, and love for the art of dance at CYC. She believes students should practice in-class etiquette with the blend of musicality and technique, in order to become disciplined, confident, and determined dancers and individuals. With the expectation that students will gain a positive perspective in and outside of dance, Ashley dedicates herself to ensure students entirely enjoy their time spent in the studio.