Meet our Instructors
We have a diverse set of instructors at Uphora. Many of our team members have years of experience and are either professionally trained, certified or licensed in their respective styles ranging from Zumba, Hip Hop, Popping, Choreography, Salsa, Bachata, Belly dancing, Line dancing, Twerking, Flamenco, Fitness, and much more!
Below are some quick bios of each of our instructors. We encourage you to follow them on their social media accounts to see what they’re up to.
Of course, pictures and words don’t do them any justice. Drop-in to try a class or purchase a whole package of classes. Don’t take our word for it, our instructors reviews speak for themselves. For serious fans, we also offer various levels of membership as well.
- All
- Zumba
- Hip Hop
- Bachata
- Salsa
- Stylized
- Fitness
Abria
Abria has danced competitively since the age of 4. She trained in hip hop, contemporary, jazz, ballet, musical theatre, and more. She is super passionate about being a dance instructor. Her favorite styles to teach include hip hop, jazz funk and jazz.
@dancinwithging
Marissa
Marissa Hilley has enjoyed bringing dance to many lives for the past 20+ years. Her fitness classes are high energy cardio dance with unique routines consisting of hip hop, rock, jazz funk and latin styles in a fun, safe and inclusive environment.
@marissahilleydance
Katie
Katie is a hip hop fitness instructor who is super enthusiastic about teaching and spreading her love for dance fitness to others. When Katie's not teaching, she loves to spend time with her family, go on hikes, go camping, and enjoy the outdoors.
@knix0902
Raymond
Raymond is a licensed Zumba instructor who has been teaching since 2014. Raymond loves to dance and he is passionate about connecting with his students. Outside of teaching, he enjoys listening to music and watching movies.
@raymond_major_1
Deborah
Deborah is a licensed Zumba instructor who has been dancing through every stage of life. As a child she ran the gamut of jazz, tap and ballet. In high school and college, cheerleading and kickline took center stage in feeding her desire to keep dancing. Deborah has been enjoying Zumba ever since and became licensed to teach in 2020.
@deb_palminteri
Laura
Laura is a mom, wife, friend, sister and LOVER of all the moves! She started her fitness career in the mid-90s in Atlanta, GA. Since then she has taught over ten formats in three states including Hip Hop cardio dance, Les Mills BODYPUMP ™, Step©, Slide©, HIIT classes, Baby Bootcamp©, and more.
@bebadhiphopAVL
Yesica
Yesica is a licensed Zumba instructor who is skilled in various styles of dance. She is also certified in group and personal training.
@yesicasalaszin
Kim
Kim teaches Zumba. More Coming Soon!
@klanzarotta
Anastasia
Anastasia has been dancing for over half of her life. She specializes in Hip Hop and other similar styles including R&B, Pop, and Afrobeat. Anastasia has experience taking classes and workshops with well known dancers like Jojo Gomez. For the past year she has been a performer with the local dance crew, House of Hazard Dance Academy.
@anise.tasia
Arturo
Arturo teaches bachata classes. More Coming soon!
@arturochavezdance
Blue
Blue teaches Zumba classes. More Coming soon!
@blue_4_fitness
Heena
Heena Patel has been dancing for as long as she can remember. Bollywood and Indian folk dance have been at the heart of her dance practice. She's taught Indian dance workshops around the world. Heena is the artistic director and producer of the touring productions Bollywood Boulevard and Garba360.
@heenaconnects
Chloe
Chloe Johnson
Tay
Tay teaches hip hop choreography. More Coming soon!
@taythegawd
