Samantha, of Costa Rican and Panamanian descent, was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. She went to the University of Maryland, College Park and received two Bachelor of Arts degrees, in Psychology and Women's Studies, and a minor in Spanish. Samantha plans to pursue a career combining psychology, law and web development (and, of course, DANCE!).
One of Samantha's Passions is dance. She has been dancing all of her life, various forms, including ballet, tap and jazz. Samantha began going to salsa clubs in August of 1999, and attributes most of her initial improvement in salsa, merengue and bachata to "dancing with really good guys", (especially with Dee). Since then, she has been trained in salsa, cha cha cha and mambo and has danced with the DC Salseros/Latin Vibez Dance Company and with The Sandunguero Dancers.
Samantha hopes to continue dancing professionally-- performing and teaching all over the world. She is very thankful for being blessed with the gift of dance. She plans to continue training and hopes to one day become one of the best Latin dancers in the world...
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Zanzibar, NBC Taping of Salsa
Lu Lu's, Washington, DC
Relish, Washington, DC
Latin Palace, Baltimore, MD
2nd Salsaweb Convention, Toronto, Canada
Cecilia's Night Club, Arlington, VA
2nd Bacardi West Coast Congress, Los Angeles, CA
Zanzibar, Washington, DC
Element Night Club, Commercial PromotionalTaping
National Hispanic Intern Conference, Washington, DC
Kennedy Center, Washington, DC
Young Ambition Fundraiser, New York, NY
Virginia Tech, Virginia
Stardust Ballroom, Pennsauken, NJ
Gilberto Santa Rosa Concert, Washington, DC
FIRST PLACE, MCI Center Salsa Competition, Washington, DC
WNVT Live Taping of MHZ Hot with Orquesta La Romana (VA)
Jimmy Anton Social, New York, NY
"Salsalenium", Stamford, CT
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