Jamie Azpeitia-Sachs is a graduate of Diamond Bar High School, small business owner and Nonprofit leader. She attended UCLA before transferring to Chaminade University of Honolulu to study Dance, Physical Therapy & Kinesiology. Before retiring from dance, she performed with various professional ballet companies including California Riverside Ballet, Inland Empire Contemporary Ballet and the Crystal Cathedral’s “The Glory of Easter.”

Since 2007, Jamie has run the Ballet Program for the Inland Empire Contemporary Ballet where 70+ low-income students from various Inland Empire communities went on to receive higher education degrees within the arts. She is the founder of the Inland Empire Dance Festival and has taught dance for the Riverside Unified School District’s Enrichment Program, the Riverside Arts Council and many more.

In addition to choreographing, and dancing, she helped to implement and create the CAVAPA standards for the state of California and VAPA for the state of Hawaii. Her passion for the arts education of children from underserved communities and children with special needs, she created “Ballet Buddies” and dance scholarships for the underserved communities throughout the Inland Empire. In addition to the arts, Jamie has received numerous VIP invitations to appear at the Breast Cancer Research Foundations’ charity events, for outstanding efforts in helping to find a cure with the fundraising event “Dancing for a Cure”. She was nominated in 2008 as one of San Bernardino County’s Distinguished Women of the Year & honored by the City of Grand Terrace for her dance scholarship program, fundraising, and contributions to the performing arts. 

Jamie is a recipient of Assemblyman Mike Morrell, and the Inland Empire Magazine “Unforgettable Hearts” award, Legislative Chair for the Riverside Woman’s Club and a panelist with the NAACP ACT-SO Program.

In addition to studying Physical Therapy, Kinesiology, and Sports & Holistic Medicine for over 30 years, as well as her theatre & dance training, she is an Executive Director for the Miss America Organization. 

Jamie currently sits on the board of 2 non-profits Creative Habitat & the Inland Empire Contemporary Ballet, Inc. She is the owner of the Inland Empire Dance Center and In 2021, she was elected to the 61st Assembly as a Delegate. Daughter of a public-school educator, wife of a Director for public school safety & security, she understands the need for children's safety and a quality education. 

Jamie and her husband John are long time Riverside residents and the proud parents of 5.