Shola K. Roberts is a Brooklyn-based international dancer, dance educator, choreographer, and fitness instructor.

In 2017, Shola was honored as a Lincoln Center Scholar, earning a full scholarship to the Hunter College Arnhold Graduate Dance Program. While pursuing her Master of Arts in Dance Education, she continued teaching in the New York City Public School system. She currently serves as the Dance Educator and Arts Liaison for MS 354 - School of Integrated Learning in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. That year, Shola was featured on WNYC for her contributions to community and dance education and was recognized by Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams for her community work.

In 2016, Shola received the Barnes & Noble Favorite Teacher Award and was celebrated by the New York Daily News and The Caribbean Life Paper as "a pillar and shero for the community.” She recently launched Kə-ˈnek-shən: The Dance Workshop Series, a program designed to foster dance exchanges among students. This initiative has garnered attention in The Caribbean Times and Caribbean Life.

As a proud Grenadian American, Shola has performed with several prestigious dance companies and choreographers. Her credits include the Kowteff West African Dance Company under Sewaa Codrington, Oyu Oro with La Mora, Fritzalyn Hector, Francine Elizabeth Ott, and Otis D. Herring (for whom she was an assistant choreographer), and Evidence under Ronald K. Brown. She is also part of the 2018 cast of Voices of Congo Square, which premiered at the Orpheum Theater in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Shola has performed with Purelements: An Evolution in Dance, where she taught Dunham, African, and Jazz techniques. Her choreography has been featured by Trinidadian recording artist Preedy, and she created the award-winning dance presentation for the Ramajay Mas band at the 2014-2017 West Indian American Day Parade in Brooklyn. She is currently a Lead Artist with Dance Caribbean Collective, serving as Choreographer/Rehearsal Director for the Youth Performing Arts Company. Additionally, Shola danced for Grenada’s three-time Groovy Soca Monarch King, Dash, in 2017 and 2018.

In 2019, Shola was selected as one of eight candidates to pursue her Doctoral degree in Dance Education at Columbia University.

Her passion for dance has also taken her to Grenada and St. Maarten. In Grenada, she led several workshops at the Conception Dance Theater under Ms. Cecilia Griffith in 2014, including a week-long West African Diversity in Dance workshop with over 75 students. Shola has shared her love for dance on various TV and radio shows, such as Chit Chat with Lexan Fletcher and Good Morning Grenada.