Valery Alicea-Rivera

I am from Yauco, Puerto Rico and growing up, i fell in love with dancing and all the music.  When my family moved to the states, i was always trying to find a way to listen to my native music again.  As i got older, i began to struggle with my weight.  My mother would take me with her to the gym and try to motivate me to do fitness classes.  We started going to a Zumba class, and I found my native music again.  I fell in love with the class, the music, the enviornment of not feeling like you are really working out and feeling as if you are in a party, and most of all i absolutely loved the instructor.  She encouraged me to become a Zumba fitness instructor.  That night, i rushed home and signed up for my Zumba fitness training.  I have now been teaching for 3 years, own a Curves womens fitness gym and i couldnt see me doing anything else.