Instrutora Coruja

Joy San Agustin, a.k.a. Instrutora Coruja, began her Capoeira training with Grupo Capoeira Brasil in 2000. In 2005, under the guidance of one of the founding members of Grupo Capoeira Brasil, Mestre Boneco in Los Angeles, Joy began her NY based group along with her partner, Instructor Tuzinho. While her home is New York City, Joy has spent significant time training in Brasil in places such as Sao Paulo, Aracaju, Salvador and Rio de Janeiro.

A talented martial artist, Joy has been a featured performer for Nike and Sony. Joy has also performed for non-profit organizations such as the Capoeira Foundation, G.I.N.G.A., Roots of Brazil and Dance Connecticut in Hartford. In addition, Joy has been featured in numerous television programs including "EGG" on PBS Channel 13, MNN (The Manhattan Neighborhood Network) and "A Capoeiragem na Bahia" on Brazilian Network TVE. In addition to entertainment and media venues, Joy is often invited to bring her capoeira talents to educational and cultural centers. Joy has taught and performed at Middlebury College in Vermont, Penn Sate University and at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition.

For seven years, Joy has been a guest teacher at The Happen'n , an Annual Womyn's World and Drum percussion workshop in the Catskill Mountains.An active member of the capoeira community, Joy has been invited to teach throughout the U.S. and abroad . Some of the places she regularly travels to include, Los Angeles, the Canary Islands and Madrid.

Joy completed her B.S. in Physical Education at Queens College. Currently, she instructs all levels of capoeira in Manhattan and Queens. A teacher for the New York City Board of Education, Joy has been teaching capoeira classes for the Herbert H. Lehman High School in the Bronx since 2006. Joy especially enjoys teaching children and is currently a staff member at the Manhattan Movement Arts Center, where she teaches capoeira in the MMAC Childrens program. Her past programs for children have included the youth program for the Horizon's Unlimited Kid's After School Program at the International School for Global Studies, a children's class at PS 32 Samuel Mills Sprole School and the A.W.A.A.M. Organization.