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Board of Directors
Antonio Gragera
President
Antonio is a co-founder of San Antonio Tanguer@s, and his main role is organizational development and management. He also manages our WhatsApp group.
A native of Spain, Antonio came to the States in 1996 and received a Ph.D. in Hispanic Linguistics from the University of Massachusetts. Four years later he moved to San Antonio to join the faculty of the Department of World Languages and Literatures at Texas State University.
When the long, mind-numbing commute to San Marcos started getting on his nerves, Antonio began studying Tango in 2009, first with instructor Daniela Arcuri and later with Judith Foster, Angela Avila and Roy Montejano.
Antonio’s goal for our Texas nonprofit is to create greater visibility for the growing Tango community in San Antonio and South Central Texas, and to offer more opportunities to study, learn, coach, teach, practice and perform this elegant and precise dance in both informal practice and formal social settings.
N. Sophia Azoubel, Esq.
Treasurer
As co-founder of San Antonio Tanguer@s, Sophia brings her business, legal and organizational development experience to form and administer this nonprofit.
As a relative newcomer, Sophia eagerly embraced the art of Tango, and her passion and dedication for the craft has allowed her to grow as a dancer. Sophia became a student of Angela Avila and Roy Montejano in early 2022, and thanks to that exposure and instruction Sophia now travels extensively to expand her skill set, as well as to promote Tango as part of the world’s “intangible cultural heritage” as declared by UNESCO.
Originally from the small South American country of Uruguay, Sophia relocated to California where she obtained a B.A. in Political Science and Spanish from Mount St. Mary’s University and a J.D. from Golden Gate University School of Law. Sophia has been a San Antonio resident since 2003.