Ariel Martin

Born in 1990, I was raised in Fontana, California in the suburbs. I went to a high school focused on the arts, Etiwanda High School, where I learned to fall in love with my greatest passion…DANCE. After high school, I toured the United Stated for 3 years performing in front of thousands of people every night during the summers for The Blue Devils Drum and Bugle Corps and The Cadets Drum and Bugle Corps as a World Class performer. On the off season, I performed in Diamante Winter Guard, another World Class organization. As much as I enjoyed performing, my greatest passion was working with high school students teaching them the art of dance performance for 10 years. 

By 2012, I began my college career in Human Services and Counseling in Norfolk, Virginia. While attending college, I started a competitive dance program, non-profit organization called Sentinel Winter Guard. My greatest achievement was working as the Visual Arts Director for the Tabb High School Marching Band by creating competitive dance programs through choreography, costume design, and technical training.

In 2018, I moved out to Fallon, Nevada where my boyfriend serves as an instructor fighter pilot for the Air Force on a Naval exchange to Naval Air Station (NAS) Fallon Base. Which means, I resigned from my dance programs in Virginia and started my Zumba Fitness Career in Nevada.

Zumba is my biggest passion as it incorporates my favorite aspects of life…dance, fitness, and inspiring others. My second biggest passion would be CrossFit. 

I am Zumba, Aqua Zumba, and Zumba Gold certified. I teach 5 days a week and my class sizes are ever growing. There is nothing more fulfilling to me than giving the gift of laughter, happiness, and enjoyment to others. Zumba brings all these things together into a magnificent fitness program that gives students not only healthier, but happier lives.