Who We Are

Jamie Williams earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance from Sam Houston State University in 2008 and her Master of Fine Arts in Dance in 2011. She is a certified Laban/Bartenieff Movement Analyst and Registered Yoga Teacher at the 200-hour level. Jamie is a founding member of Aimed Dance and is also a member of Frame Dance Productions. She has performed with Psophonia Dance Company, and with local independent artists Laura Gutierrez, Brittany Thetford-Deveau, Rebekah Chappell, Jennifer Mabus, Jane Weiner, and Dionne Noble. She was a 2014 recipient of a Hopewerks artist in residency space-grant, and has presented work at the American College Dance Association Conference in informal, adjudicated, and gala showcases. In 2018, she received a San Jacinto College Honoraria Award for her work in founding and producing the annual Artists for Hope event produced each February by the San Jacinto College Dance Program. Jamie currently serves as a dance professor and the dance program coordinator for San Jacinto College, South Campus. She loves sharing her art with others through performing, teaching, and creating.

Jennifer Salter, Dance Professor at San Jacinto College, earned her B.F.A. and M.F.A. in Dance from Sam Houston State University. She has worked extensively as a choreographer and performer in the Houston area with Aimed Dance, Frame Dance, The Pilot Dance Project, Ashley Horn Nott, and Dancepatheatre, as well as presented dance films locally and nationally. Her artistic endeavors have also led her to photography and graphic design, and a partnership with Frame Dance Company to develop curriculum and instructional videos in screen dance for HISD’s middle school dance programs. In 2019, she was featured in the “Inspiring Stories” series in Voyage Houston Magazine and served as a panelist for Houston Arts Alliance. She was commissioned to set her work, “Slow Vacancy”, at Washington & Lee University in 2024, and has Co-Directed the Artists for Hope International Dance Film Festival since 2020. Currently, she is serving as a committee member for the National Dance Education Organization and developing curriculum for San Jacinto College’s Certification of Technology in Dance Instruction.

The annual Artists for Hope live event takes place on the South Campus, located in Houston, Texas. We are grateful to the administration and staff at the College for their continued support and generosity.