Sumaya graduated from Cornish College of the Arts in 2018 with her BFA in Dance, and is currently based in NYC. Her training includes summer studies at the San Francisco Conservatory of Dance, Hubbard Street Dance Company, Vim Vigor Dance Company, and Velocity Dance Center’s Strictly Seattle. She has danced with Seattle based artists Alice Gosti, Petra Zanki, Beth Terwilleger, and as a company member in The Three Yells. In New York City, she danced as a company member with Kinesis Dance Project as well as Smashworks Dance. She has a particular passion for outdoor & site specific dance performance, and loves how outdoor dance creates equity and accessibility, by putting dance outside a theatre.