In 1983, Mr. Eberto Amador, then Consul of Colombia at Houston, and a graduate student at the University of Houston, through meetings with other Colombian Professionals, students and members of the community, realized the harm that had been inflicted by the media in its portrayal of Colombians as drug dealers. Motivated by the need for promoting the true culture and image of Colombia, Mr. Amador founded the Colombian Students and Young Professionals Association (CSYPA). The Colombian Folkloric Ballet (CFB) was formed that same year as the main cultural activity of the CSYPA. In 1992, CFB was incorporated as a non-profit organization and in 1994 received its 501(c)(3) status from the Internal Revenue Service.

CFB has brought from Colombia numerous well-known artists as visiting choreographers to help stage its annual two-hour folkloric performance entitled "Colombia, a Land of Contrasts." Visiting choreographers have included Jesus Antonio Lozano, Rosario Valest, Jairo Alberto Lastre, Carlos Begglo, Tomas Devia, and Jose Villalobos. "Colombia, a Land of Contrasts" has been performed in several major U.S.cities and is presented with a renewed repertoire annually at the Cullen Performance Hall of Houston. Through dances, music and audiovisual materials, the spectator is visually transported to the five different regions of the Colombian folklore: the Andes, the Atlantic Coast, the Eastern Plains, the Pacific Coast, and the Amazons.

Active year-round, CFB provides 12 hours per week of intensive training in folkloric ballet as well as classical ballet and modern dances to approximately 30 gifted youth from families of the various Latin American communities of Houston. The majority of the Ballet members are college and high school students.

Although the majority of the dances belong to the Colombian repertoire, CFB also performs dances from other Latin American countries that do not have representation in the numerous folkloric festivals in the Houston area. In keeping with its mission to create an open forum for cultural exchange, CFB, in addition to Colombians, has members from different nationalities including th USA, Spain, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Argentina, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Nicaragua, Bolivia and El Salvador