Holds a Master's degree in Dance Ethnography from Mills College and a BA in World Dance from Hampshire College. She has received training from Guru Ranjanaa Devi in Odissi dance since 1996 and has performed as a principle dancer with Nataraj Dance Company at many venues with in the United States and abroad. Ms. Lemos recently returned from a Fulbright Grant in India where she intensively studied Mohinniyattam dance at Kerala Kalamandalam under Guru Hymavati for several years.