She is a former UK NESTA Fellow (National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts, similar to the MacArthur Awards) and improviser, choreographer, director, teacher, and scholar. As a result of her 4-year NESTA fellowship, dance of the African diaspora, jazz, and improvisation intersect in her concept of digitally enabled improvisation, which manifests in the award-winning “Texterritory.” Wray self-titles as a Performance Architect, and received her PhD from the University of Surrey where she developed her theory and practice of Embodiology®, a neo-African approach to contemporary dance improvisation. Her 2012 TED talk articulates its distinctions and philosophy. Currently, her improvisation practice is extending into clinical research with UC Irvine Medical Center, using her dance improvisation methods as a form of therapy for patients who suffer from chronic diseases.