Joey Navarrete was born and raised in the Inland Empire. He considers himself a facilitator, dance-maker and performing artist currently based in Long Beach, CA. His interest as a first-generation Mexican American queer man values movement as a means to dismantle cultural and racial stereotypes of gender, class, sex, and race on traditional/non-traditional platforms. Comprehensively certified to teach Pilates Reformer and Mat through Body Arts and Science International (BASI), he received his BFA in Dance from the California State University, Long Beach Department of Dance in 2014, where he was awarded The Dizzyfeet Scholarship. He has worked with various artists such as Bill T. Jones, Gerald Casel, Keith Johnson, Robert Moses, Andrew Vaca, Travis Wall and Doug Varone. Navarrete continues to build and perform work with longtime dance partners and collaborators, Rosa Rodriguez-Frazier and Jobel Medina.