Puerto Rican Institute for Arts and Advocacy, Inc. (PRIAA)

Lydia Perez is the founder and CEO of the Puerto Rican Institute for Arts and Advocacy, Inc., a non-profit organization in the state of Rhode Island, who specialize in Afro-Caribbean arts programs. 

Lydia Perez is the Director of YORUBA 2 a national Group. Her groupYoruba2 present traditional music and dance from Puerto Rico and the Caribbean to interested parties and the art community.    Mrs. Pérez has spent the last twenty years as a performer and cultural educator/activist in the U.S. and Puerto Rico. She has been recognized as a community asset by the Puerto Rican Affair Administration of Puerto Rico in Connecticut agencies, "EntreArte" of Puerto Rico, offices of the Rhode Island Governor and Congressional Representatives, State Representatives, Mayors of Providence and her town, Warwick. Her work has been highly sought by cultural organizations and school departments in  Rhode Island, Connecticut and Massachusetts.