Ana Tinajero, born in 1982, is a world-renowned Salsa dancer, instructor, artist, and activist. She is a Chicana woman who grew up in Dallas, TX and moved to Lynn after coming to the Boston area to study at MIT. She is the founder of an Afro-Latin dance company called Dance to Power and has also been involved in many other projects in the dance world. Tinajero started the initiative Queer Lynn Scene, an LGBTQ+ place-making initiative for Lynn; MA, kickstarted in June 2020 to center queer voices from the community. She is a founding member of United Lynn Pride. Her October 2023 interview covers her intersectional identity, childhood in Texas, transition to Massachusetts, and community building in Lynn.