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East Coast, USA
Virginia Beach, North Carolina – Aroha Arts Collective – Sensei Adalis Ellis
Connecticut – ArtDavisDance – Sensei Art Davis
Charlotte, North Carolina – Sanford Latin Dance – Sensei Gilroy Buller
Greenville, South Carolina – SalsaGreenville – Sensei Susan Zaglin
Springs Salsa – Sensei Dr. Mark Wexler
Fayetteville, North Carolina – Tonya La Pirinola
East Coast – Sensei April De Armas
North Carolina – Baile Con Sazon – Sensei Willie McIntosh
Huntsville, Alabama – Sensei Gregory Stargell
Madison, Alabama – Sensei Gabriela Gonzalez
Charleston, South Carolina – Sensei Yaenette Dixon
Fayetteville, North Carolina – Sensei Jo Jo Outlaw
North Carolina – Maxwell Terrence
Fayetteville, North Carolina – Milton Mariani
Huntsville, Alabama – Sensei Quinta Stargell
Fayetteville, North Carolina – Reggie Santiago
Manhattan, New York – Sensei Ronald Rios
Cambridge, Massachusettes – Sensei Sam Newland
Midwest, USA
Austin, Texas – Sensei Favian Bustos
El Paso, Texas – Sensei Keira Pickering
Denver, Colorado – Sensie, Edie, The Salsa FREAK!!
Durango, Colorado – Sensei Louvelle Zinser
Lawton, Oklahoma, Sensei Raymond Ryan
Vista, Arizona – Sensei Tony Medina
Colorado – Sensei Danny Nguyen
Colorado Springs, Colorado – Sensei Larry Atencio
Denver, Colorado – Miguel Hernandez
Littleton, Colorado – Sensei Deb Wilmot
Fayetteville, North Carolina – Terrence Maxwell
Madison, Alabama – Sensei Carlos Colon
Kileen, Texas – Sensei Erika Garcia
Durango, Colorado – Sensei Louvelle Zinser
Durango, Colorado – Sensei Erin White
Littleton, Colorado – Sensei Guillermo Reyes
Denver, Colorado – Sensei Jacques Ho
Denver, Colorado – Sensei Leonard Thurman
Alamosa, Colorado – Sensei Oneyda Maestes
Manhattan, KS – Sensei Janet Galloway
Denver, Colorado – Sensei Jennifer Ancona
Brighton, Colorado – Sensei Jessica Gonzalez
Fayetteville, North Carolina – Sensei Loretta Ramsingh
Mission, Kansas – Sensei Josh Hernandez
Fayetteville, North Carolina – Marcella Miller
Denver, Colorado – Sensei Mateo Martinez
West Coast, USA
Hawaii, USA
Italy
Barbados Antigua
Dominican Republic
United Kingdom
Graduates
Apprentice | Baby Blue Belt
Alamosa, CO
Belinda Vargas
Christian Castaneda
Sarah Oden
Vicente Rios
Austin, TX
Bridgeport, CT
Adele Ovechka
Jazmin Perez
Lisa Smith
Lissette Valle
Charlotte, NC
Eriel Harker
L Wilson
Colorado Springs, CO
Danny Nguyon
Marji Freymuth
Stephan Freymuth
Durango, CO
Danny Nguyon
Marji Freymuth
Stephan Freymuth
Fayetteville, NC
Pending List
Greensville, SC
Pending List
Huntsville, AL
Jasilyn Austin
Chris Dawson
Briana Tomboulian
Kileen, TX
Audrey Lespinasse
Erika Garcia
Heather Joplin
Lester Moreano
Denver, CO
Lisa
Satria
Natalia
Bob
Felix
Jesse
Jerico
Gabriel
Dawn
Joel
Daniel
Sarah
Mandy
Manhattan, KS
Tara Skaggs
Dereck Thomas
Jordan Pittman
Ronald Stewart
Coach Syllabus Graduate Prior to 2012 | White Belt
Cathy Almeraz
Chris Alonzo
Chris Alonzo
Don Baarns
Maylena Chaviano
John Colon
Donna Coto
Jorge Cruz
Arthur Davis
Paula Di-Pietro
Alex Diaz
April Flores
Hector Flores
Scott Franklin
Frank Fuentes
Nery Garcia
Esther Garrison
Jose-Luis Gutierez
Jose Maldenado
Tamara Henry
Jacques Ho
Michelle Holland
Melynda Isaac
Rapsody Johnson
Juan Juarez
Tanja Kensinger
Jules Lange
Tatiana Lopez
Onyeda Maestas
Jose Maldonado
Kathy Perez
Carmen Perez-Ahmed
Rocky Poonawala
Sharon Raffony
Parth Thakker
Rebeca Toledo
Amy Tuarez
Janette Valenzuela
Victor Villa
Dr. Mark Wexler
Kwok Wong
Susan Zaglin
Instructor Trainee | Purple Belt
Adalia Ellis – North Carolina (USA)
Anthony King – Korea / USA
Antonio Carlos Medina – Arizona (USA)
April De Armas-N. Carolina (USA)
Alejandro Gonzalez – N. Carolina (USA)
Art Davis – Connecticut (USA)
Cathy Almeraz – California (USA)
Audrey Lespinasse – Texas, (USA)
Carlos Colon – Hunstville, Alabama (USA)
Carmen Perez-Ahmed – California (USA)
Cassandra Parrish – Charlotte, NC (USA)
Conrad Coelho – (India)
Danny Nguyen – Colorado (USA)
Deb Wimot – Colorado (USA)
Delenor K Wilson Jr. – North Carolina (USA)
Erica Garcia– Texas (USA)
Erin White Sinberg – Durango, Colorado (USA)
Favian Bustos -Austin, Texas (USA)
Felix Cervantes – Denver, Colorado (USA)
Gabriella Gonzalez – Hunstville, Alabama (USA)
George Hutchings – (Canada)
Gilroy Buller – North Carolina (USA)
Glyne Dunnah – Barbados Antigua
Greg Stargell – Huntsville, AL (USA)
Guillermo Reyes – Denver, CO (USA)
Heather Joplin – Texas (USA)
Jacques Ho – Colorado (USA)
Janet Galloway – Kansas (USA)
James Stowell – Colorado Springs, CO (USA)
Jennifer Ancona – Europe / USA
Jessica Gonzalez – Colorado (USA)
Jorge Cruz – Ft. Lauderdale, Florida (USA)
Jose Luis Gutierez – Miami, Florida (USA)
Josh Hernandez – Kansas City, MO – (USA)
Juan Sanchez – Kuwait (Middle East)
Keira Pickering – Texas (USA)
Larry Atencio – Colorado Springs, CO (USA)
Leonard Thurman – New Mexico, (USA)
Lester Moreano – Texas, (USA)
Louvelle Zindsor – Durango, Colorado (USA)
Marcella Miller – North Carolina (USA)
Dr. Mark Wexler – Charleston, North Carolina (USA)
Mateo Martinez (USA)
Nery Garcia – Fort Myers, Florida (USA)
Tashia Parker – North Carolina (USA)
Cassandra Parrish – Charlotte, NC (in-progress)
James Quinn-Hawtin –(Australia)
Loretta Ramsingh – North Carolina (USA)
Mark Reagan – Colorado (USA) **inactive**
Reid Rowles – Colorado (USA)
Marcella Miller – North Carolina (USA)
Maxwell Terrance – North Carolina (USA)
Miguel Hernandez – Colorado (USA)
Milton Mariani – North Carolina (USA)
Oneyda Maestas– Alamosa, CO (USA)
Quinta Stargell – Huntsville, AL (USA)
Raymond Ryan – Oklahoma (USA)
Reginald Santiago– North Carolina (USA)
Ronald Rios – New York – (USA)
Rose Salsera – Colorado (USA)
Sam Newland – Boston (USA)
Susan Zaglin – South Carolina (USA)
Tonya Outlaw – North Carolina (USA)
Ulrich Inge – Boston (USA)
Willie McIntosh – North Carolina (USA)
Yaenette Dixon – South Carolina (USA)
DBM Certified Graduates
Cathy Almeraz
Jennifer Ancona
Margene Anderson
Dolma Ankur
Larry Atencio
Don Baarns
Natasha Ballal
Heather Ballew
Sachdeva Bindu
Oslin Boekhoudt
Janice Boekhoudt-Kock
Felix Cervantes
Earl Coffmanrestg
Mirabelle Cruz
Arthur Davis
Sean-Christopher DeGuzman
Paula Di Pietro
Devina De Rose
Yaenette Dixon
Glyne Dunnah
Jacques Eckles
Eerdmans-Laaf
Eubanks
Christian Franz
Janet Galloway
Nery Garcia
Esther Garrison
Sagar Girme
Ray Gonzalez
Maria Guarin
Seema Gupta
Sejal Gupta
Michael Hall
Josh Hernandez
Jacques Ho
George Hutchings
Ulrich Inge
Jaime Jesus
Rodrigo
Jimenez Rapsody Johnson Jolly
Jennifer Jurgens
Kedilaya Kasim
Julie Kaufmann
Hiremath Kelsang
Sunil Khemchandani
Jordan Kock
Franklin Kock
Madan Kumar
Gaurav Langeh
Magdalena Luz
Willie Macintosh
Onyeda Maestas
Kumar Mahesh
Rahul Mangal
Jamie Manuelian
Shole Mazaheri
Antonio Carlos Medina
Robert Medina
Pereda Mireille
John Morey
April Munoz
Cindy Overton
Uriarte Paniagua
Tashia Parker
Cassandra Parrish
Marcia Percival
Marguerita Perez
Kathy Perez
Margarita Perez
Carmen Perez-Ahmed
Keira Pickering
Vidya Prabhakaran
Prasanna
Heinrich Provence
James Quinn-Hawtin
Rojas Rafael
Santhosh Ram
Minoti Ramachandra
Loretta Ramsingh
Shruti Rao
Mark Reagan
Bharath Reddy
Marina Reeve
Jeremy Remus
Reid Rowles
Rudsel
Raymond Ryan
Junior Ryes
Sameer
Lucy Serrano
Erin White Sinberg
James Stowell
Daniel Suchman
Sultan
Maxwell Terrence
Maria Thoma
Leaonard Thurman
Burt Tromp
Amy Tuarez
Aditya Upadhya
Ranjani Venkatesan
Lourd Vijay
Dr. Mark Wexler
Holger Woeltje
Yashaswini
Susan Zaglin
Louvelle Zindsor
Primary Instructor | Blue Belt
Adalia Ellis, North Carolina (USA) (USA)
Antonio Carlos Medina – Arizona (USA)
Art Davis – Connecticut (USA)
Cathy Almeraz – California (USA)
Carlos Colon– Hunstville, Alabama (USA)
Carmen Perez-Ahmed – California (USA)
Cassandra Parrish – Charlotte, NC (in-progress)
Conrad Coelho – (India)
Danny Nguyen – Colorado (USA)
Deb Wimot – Colorado (USA)
Erin White Sinberg – Durango, Colorado (USA)
Esmeralda Todorova – Los Angeles, California (USA)
Felix Cervantes – Denver, Colorado (USA)
Gabriella Gonzalez – Huntsville, Alabama (USA)
Gilroy Buller – North Carolina (USA)
George Hutchings – (Canada)
Guillermo Reyes – Denver, CO (USA)
JacquesHo – Colorado (USA)
James Quinn-Hawtin – (Australia)
James Stowell – Colorado Springs, CO (USA)
Janet Galloway – Kansas (USA)
Jennifer Ancona – Europe / USA
Jessica Gonzalez – Colorado (USA)
Jorge Cruz – Florida (USA)
Jose Luis Gutierez – Miami, Florida (USA)
Josh Hernandez – Kansas City, MO – (USA)
Juan Sanchez – Kuwait (Middle East)
Keira Pickering – Texas (USA)
Larry Atencio – Colorado Springs, CO (USA)
Leonard Thurman – New Mexico, (USA)
Loretta Ramsingh – North Carolina (USA)
Louvelle Zindsor – Durango, CO (USA)
Marcella Miller – North Carolina (USA)
Dr. Mark Wexler – Charleston, North Carolina (USA)
Mateo Martinez (USA)
Maxwell Terrance – North Carolina (USA)
Nery Garcia – Fort Myers, Florida (USA)
Mark Reagan– inactive Colorado (USA)
Miguel Hernandez – Colorado(USA)
Oneyda Maestas – Alamosa, CO (USA)
Raymon Ryan – Texas (USA)
Reginald Santiago – North Carolina (USA)
Ronald Rios – New York – (USA)
Rose Salsera – Colorado (USA)
Sam Newland – Boston (USA)
Susan Zaglin – South Carolina(USA)
Tashia Parker – North Carolina (USA)
Tonya Outlaw – North Carolina (USA)
Ulrich Inge – Boston (USA)
Willie McIntosh – North Carolina (USA)
Yaenette Dixon – South Carolina (USA)
Senior Trainer | Brown Belt
Antonio Carlos Medina – Arizona (USA)
Art Davis – Connecticut (USA)
Carlos Colon – Hunstville, Alabama (USA)
Conrad Coelho – (India)
Gabriella Gonzalez – Hunstville, Alabama (USA)
Erin White Sinberg – Durango, Colorado (USA)
Felix Cervantes – Denver, Colorado (USA)
James Quinn-Hawtin – (Australia)
James Stowell – Colorado Springs, CO (USA)
Janet Galloway – (USA)
Jennifer Ancona – Europe / USA
Jessica Gonzalez – Brighton, CO (USA)
Juan Sanchez – Kuwait (Middle East)
Keira Pickering – Texas (USA)
Mark Reagan – Colorado (USA)
Dr. Mark Wexler – Charleston, SC (USA)
Mateo Martinez – Colorado (USA)
Maxwell Terrance – North Carolina (USA)
Nery Garcia – Fort Myers, Florida (USA)
Oneyda Maestas – Alamosa, CO (USA)
James Quinn-Hawtin – (Australia)
Reginald Santiago – North Carolina (USA)
Susan Zaglin – South Carolina (USA)
Tashia Parker – North Carolina (USA)
Tonya Outlaw – North Carolina (USA)
Willie McIntosh – North Carolina (USA)
Chief Instructor (Professional Trainer) | Red Belt

DBM-Certified
“Professional Trainer Status”
Antonio Carlos Medina
Art Davis
Conrad Coelho
Erin White Sinberg
Felix Cervantes
Gabriella Gonzalez
James Quinn-Hawtin
James Stowell
Janet Galloway
Jacques Ho
Jennifer Ancona
Jessica Gonzalez
Keira Pickering
Dr. Mark Wexler
Maxwell Terrance
Oneyda Maestas
Tashia Parker
Tonya Outlaw
Willie McIntosh
Mark Reagan
Apprentice Red Belts
Awaiting Pro Status:
Must be DBM-Certifiedto earn
“Professional Status”
…Mateo Martinez
Colorado (USA)
– pending DBM™
…Reginald Santiago –
North Carolina
(USA)
– pending DBM™
…Dr. Mark Wexler Colorado (USA)
– pending DBM™
Senior Instructor | Red/Black Belt
Master Instructor | Black Belt
A Letter from a Former BBS Apprentice …
Jennifer Ancona – Black Belt Salsa, Certified Red Belt
Dear Edie,
Words are difficult to express to someone who has altered my life. Your being has touched me in such a magnificent way and it’s only an attribute to the magic you create wherever you are.
Being an Apprentice in the BBS™ system not only taught me how technical & precise Salsa must be to execute style and grace together, but it also assisted in melting the huge icebergs of past wounds, which allowed me to integrate a balance between steam and water flowing off the rock. (Only BBS™ students will get this!)
Yes, the Apprentice training was hard work but every moment was more than worth it. I gained a sense of self that allowed me to say ‘good-bye’ to playing small in life and ‘hello’ to a much larger journey toward my authentic self. I know confidence, trust, abundance & peace are now with me always.
For you, Edie, I am most grateful for your expertise, insight, and willingness to serve others. May you continue to be blessed in all you do! You are unrepeatable! For BBS™, it’s an extraordinary system that enters your soul and teaches you how to be a “Bad Ass” dancer!
Thank you, Edie! And thank you, BBS™ – a system that is continually being built by people like you and me who love to dance!
Be an Apprentice and watch your life explode to new heights before your very eyes!
– Jennifer Ancona
Certified Pro BBS™ Red Belt