Students will experience a day filled with dancing, Hispanic heritage, language, physical education and fun! Alisa will travel to your school or plan a field trip for your staff and students to visit Alisa's House of Salsa. Each year, thousands of students are introduced to this program, and given the opportunity to become participants. Students throughout Connecticut spend an afternoon learning about the various forms of Latin dance, language, and Hispanic history.

The following schools and universities are proud participants of this program:

Amity · Cheshire · East Lyme High School · High School in the Community · Foran · Hamden ·  Walsh Middle School · Nathan Hale · Madison High · Branford High · Wolcott High · Wilbur Cross · Crosby · Yale University · Southern Connecticut State University · Wesleyan University · Housatonic Community College · Trinity College · Quinnipiac University · University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus · Eastern Connecticut State University · Central Connecticut State University · Hopkins · Cheshire Academy ·Post University ·Westport

Join Alisa on this exciting journey as she reads Salsa by Lillian Colon-Vilas. The characters in the book come to life through music, dancing, percussion and language. This program is best for preschools, children's museums, Head Start and daycare programs.

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Elementary and middle school children are the focus of this program. Books to Ballroom (BTB) provides an atmosphere of learning through the art of expressive dance. In BTB, students learn dances such as Foxtrot, Waltz, Tango, Salsa, Merengue and Cha-Cha, while at the same time exploring health, nutrition, social/life skills, global perspectives, diversity, language, culture, mathematics, and long-term goals/benefits.

Children undergo a process of maturity while participating in BTB and have shown improvement in areas such as, self esteem, poise, respect and communication.