The Salsa Therapy™ Advisory Council
Dr. Leybelis Padilla
Dr. Leybelis Padilla
Dr. Leybelis Padilla
Dr. Leybelis Padilla is a health and wellness professional dedicated to helping individuals improve their physical, mental, and emotional well-being. With a focus on whole-person health, her work emphasizes the powerful connection between movement, mindset, and long-term wellness. She has been featured across media platforms for her insig
Dr. Leybelis Padilla is a health and wellness professional dedicated to helping individuals improve their physical, mental, and emotional well-being. With a focus on whole-person health, her work emphasizes the powerful connection between movement, mindset, and long-term wellness. She has been featured across media platforms for her insights on health and lifestyle, and brings a practical, evidence-informed perspective to Salsa Therapy™, supporting its mission to help students regulate, build confidence, and thrive.
Dr. Khalyn J
Dr. Leybelis Padilla
Dr. Leybelis Padilla
Dr. Khalyn J, OTD is passionate about helping individuals feel more confident, regulated, and capable in their everyday lives. Through occupational therapy, there's focus on improving how people move, respond, and engage with the world around them. As an advisor to Salsa Therapy™, Dr. Khalyn J supports the use of movement as a powerful to
Dr. Khalyn J, OTD is passionate about helping individuals feel more confident, regulated, and capable in their everyday lives. Through occupational therapy, there's focus on improving how people move, respond, and engage with the world around them. As an advisor to Salsa Therapy™, Dr. Khalyn J supports the use of movement as a powerful tool to help students build confidence, regulate emotions, and show up better in life while learning and developing
Cynthia Pearson
Dr. Leybelis Padilla
Cynthia Pearson
Cynthia Padilla Pearson is a trauma-informed conflict consultant and experienced leader in advocacy, community engagement, and human-centered systems. With a background in nonprofit and government work, she specializes in helping individuals and organizations navigate conflict, build trust, and create environments where people feel seen,
Cynthia Padilla Pearson is a trauma-informed conflict consultant and experienced leader in advocacy, community engagement, and human-centered systems. With a background in nonprofit and government work, she specializes in helping individuals and organizations navigate conflict, build trust, and create environments where people feel seen, supported, and empowered. As an advisor to Salsa Therapy™, Cynthia brings a critical lens on emotional safety, communication, and real-world application—ensuring the program supports not just movement, but meaningful connection and behavioral growth.
Odell Bizzell
Dr. Leybelis Padilla
Cynthia Pearson
Odell Bizzell II is an award-winning marketer and nationally recognized speaker who specializes in helping people turn ideas into action. His work focuses on communication, influence, and engagement—particularly with student and emerging audiences. Through his experience in schools and organizations, he understands what drives participati
Odell Bizzell II is an award-winning marketer and nationally recognized speaker who specializes in helping people turn ideas into action. His work focuses on communication, influence, and engagement—particularly with student and emerging audiences. Through his experience in schools and organizations, he understands what drives participation and behavior change. As an advisor to Salsa Therapy™, Odell helps ensure the program resonates, engages, and delivers real impact where it matters most.
We don't make mistakes, we make moves.
Welcome to Salsa Therapy HQ
Reset your body. Reconnect to yourself. Leave lighter than you arrived.
Salsa Therapy is an embodied movement experience designed to release stress, build confidence, and restore connection—using rhythm and guided movement.
What People Actually Leave With
- A noticeable release of stress and tension
- A calmer, more regulated nervous system
- Increased confidence and comfort in your body
- A boost in mood, energy, and presence
- A sense of connection—to yourself and others
Salsa Therapy exists because people don’t need another workout—they need a safe, enjoyable way to come back into their bodies and feel like themselves again.
About the Founder
For more than 20 years, Stan has lived in the space between movement, consulting, and mentoring—helping people rediscover who they are and what they are capable of. His journey involved rejection, doubt and with that a haunting question at times: Am I enough?
Salsa became the answer. Every rhythm, every partner, every connection on the floor taught me to accept myself first—before waiting on the approval of others. From those touch points of movement, Stan found freedom, confidence, and a deeper call to help others step into their own greatness. Salsa became Therapy in so many ways. Those are the ways of his teachings and what he passes down to Salsa Therapy family.
Today, dance is a language for transformation. As a consultant and mindset mentor, Stan has seen what happens when people stop waiting for permission and start moving into their own power. He's interviewed thousands of people & spoken to more than 1 million people and audiences all around the globe. Salsa Therapy is the culmination of those years of growth and resilience—a way to inspire with love, connect through rhythm, and challenge people to not just dream, but do.
This is an invitation: to move with courage, to connect with others, and to live boldly in the rhythm of your own NOW.
Brand Manager & Producer
Meet Quinton Davis
Quinton Davis is a purpose-driven creative and community advocate helping shape the movement behind Salsa Therapy and Salsa on the BeltLine. As a champion for affordable housing and equitable food access, Quinton brings a deeper mission to the brand—one rooted in building stronger, healthier, and more connected communities.
With a focus on leveraging technology for good, including reimagining food access through AI-driven solutions, Quinton blends innovation with heart. His work is grounded in the belief that access—to food, opportunity, and community—is not a privilege, but a responsibility we all share.
Within Salsa Therapy, Quinton plays a key role in production, branding, and experience design—ensuring every class, every activation, and every moment feels intentional, inclusive, and alive. He understands that what’s being built goes far beyond dance—it’s a platform for confidence, connection, and real-world impact.
Driven by purpose and guided by vision, Quinton is committed to helping create experiences that not only move people physically—but move communities forward.
