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Gonzalo Ruelas

Contact Info

Email: Gonzalo.Ruelas@gcccd.edu

Gonzalo Ruelas has been an educator for over 20 years. He has a B.A. in Music Education, with an emphasis on Choral/Vocal Education and a Master鈥檚 Degree in Education.

Gonzalo has also been dancing for over 20 years in the Salsa scene. He originally started at an Intro to Latin Dance class at CSU Long Beach in his first year as an undergrad. He then joined various dance teams before he was asked to teach at a ballroom studio where he studied Latin dances and learned the techniques for a variety of styles.

He has directed Salsa Dance teams for CSU Long Beach, CSU Northridge, El Camino College, San Diego State University and Southwestern College. Two of those teams won the College Salsa Congress and the Collegiate Salsa Open competitions, while the others placed in the top three.

Currently, he is an adjunct dance instructor at both 小优传媒 and Southwestern College as well as performing professionally as a singer.