Lorena Valenzuela

Lorena V was born and raised in México and moved to the US in 2012 to be part of American TV show  “America’s Best Dance Crew”. Lorena danced in music videos for singers Mya, JoJo, Jody Watley and Nayer, among others.
She was faculty of legendary studios in Los Angeles such as "Debbie Reynolds" and "Movement Lifestyle" studio, and leading online platform "Steezy".
She is part of the first generation of Whackers in Latin America and has been an ambassador of this style for about 15 years now. She has judged renowned International battles such as; "Waackfest” in LA, “Waack to the Future” in NYC, "Hot Mess" in Canada, "Polish Waacking Festival", “Whackdown" in Europe, “Smack and Whack” in Russia and "Whack to Life" in Indonesia.
She's also been a part of the judges panel for important All Styles battles such as “Freestyle Session", "Fusion Concept Festival", "Vancouver Street dance festival", "Hip Hop International World Battles", , "Summer week 47" among others. She has been teaching and sharing the culture of Whacking overseas in countries such as: Italy, Spain, London, Greece, UK, Belgium, Germany, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, Russia, Indonesia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Colombia, Perú among others.
Lorena is the producer of the biggest Whacking Festival in Latin America "Strike with Force". She is currently living in the Netherlands, continuing her mission of bringing awareness to the importance of  preserving the historical and cultural values of this beautiful platform.