About Sarita Atiles Rayna

 

Sarita Atiles Rayna is an all around performer and health & fitness enthusiast. As the owner of Salsa Ardiente, she currently performs and teaches a variety of community classes in effort to augment the local culture and encourage fitness through what she loves. Since 2006, she has pioneered several other Salsa dance companies in Tennessee and Louisiana including Bayou Movimiento and Salsa Knox. Sarita is not only a Latin dance teacher and choreographer, but also an AFAA certified personal trainer and group exercise instructor who leads Zumba, as well as Aqua Aerobics. With proficiencies in administration, organization, event coordinating, marketing, and hospitality, she worked as a coordinator for Tennessee Sports Medicine Group and as a bilingual enrollment specialist for Edison Learning. Beyond fitness and dance, Sarita's singing career started in high school show choir, participating in multiple musicals and competing in All East and All State choir competitions. She now serves on the dance and worship teams for Healing Place Church and the Baton Rouge Dream Center, continuing to motivate and inspire.