Jesse started his dance training with international Latin dances (Cha Cha, Samba, Jive, Rumba), as well as Standard dances before he started specializing in Salsa in 2001. Having been a successful competitor in ballroom dancing, he found the free style nature of Salsa both engrossing and challenging. He then started taking lessons with many of Toronto’s top instructors and has been actively training and teaching with UnitedSalseros shortly after the school was formed. He is also one of the two Sr. instructors that can teach UnitedSalseros strict training and teaching standards for both students and teachers. He was a member of Grupo Sabroso, a performer and trainer for the amateur professional dance troop Mambo Mosaic, and now heads the UnitedSalseros professional dance team comprising of the school’s most elite dancers. Jesse, along with his fiancée, Alicia, encompasses the best qualities that UnitedSalseros training has to offer; from advanced leading/following, consistent timing, musicality, dynamic styling, and more importantly, the skill and humility to advanced and further progress in their teaching and performance career.