As a competitive Latin dancer, Mari has three top three finishes at the World Latin Dance Cup, and they have also danced for Telemundo, the Metropolitan Opera Education Program, the SheNYC Arts Summer Theatre Festival, and the School at Jacob’s Pillow. Mari enjoys teaching dancers of all ages and is inspired by how learning to dance can be a vehicle for self-empowerment. In 2022, they launched the Salsa program at Amargue Flow Dance Academy, NYC’s only queer-led cultural dance academy for Afro-Latin Styles, and most recently taught Latin dance classes for ages 4-11 at Dance Project of Washington Heights. As a teacher, Mari draws on their training as an actor in both Laban and Viewpoints to help young dancers access their creativity while developing their motor skills, technique, strength, and sense of rhythm and musicality.