Ugo Edu is a medical anthropologist, currently developing a full-length theatrical piece based on her dissertation research. This builds on her experience developing theatrical material and performing in a UCB Black Theater Workshop production. She has assisted in data collection and as a capoeira consultant and performer for a theatrical piece about the Freddy Gray murder in Baltimore by Greg Pierotti (Tectonic Theater Project). She has been a collaborator with Brazilian choreographer Isaura Oliveira as dance and capoeira performer since 2014.