Jose “La Salsa” Diaz began his dance career in 2006 under the direct supervision of Osmar Perrones, director of the Yamulee Dance Company. He trained diligently and in August 2006 he played for the first time with Bajari de Yamulee. A year and a half later Osmar invited Jose to join Yamulee’s professional team. Jose debuts as a member of the professional team at the 2008 Salsa Congress in Munich, Germany. He has traveled both nationally and internationally with Yamulee Dance Company and has attended and attended teaching seminars in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boston, Las Vegas, Montreal, Toronto, Sweden, Holland, London, England, Milan, France, Chile , Peru, Zurich, Venezuela and Spain just to name a few. When not traveling, he served as an instructor at the Yamulee Dance Studio and a dance instructor at a local elementary school in the Bronx. Jose began his professional solo dance career in December 2011 and teamed up with Milan’s Nerea Perez to begin the next stage and journey in his salsa endeavors.