Susana was born and raised in Madrid, Spain and started dancing at the age of five, where she found a passion for Ballet (and Flamenco, which also was part of her Ballet training.) She excelled in Ballet, winning competitions and creating a name for herself along the way. She taught ballet at school from the age of fourteen, whilst performing for the Silvia Yague Ballet Dance Company in Madrid.

It was during a stay in London, whilst meeting up with a friend from her English class, that Susana was introduced to Salsa. Magnetized by the challenge and passion of a new dance, Susana took to Salsa like a duck to water.

Only six months later, Susana won a South London salsa competition, held at the Brixton Recreation Centre, London, and then in the same year, went on to win the first British Salsa Championship competition, with her then dance partner, Chandy. In 1999, she debuted at the Princess Diana Memorial Concert at the Royal Albert Hall, in a group directed by one of the UK's leading choreographers, Richard Marcel. It was during this performance that she met her current dance partner, Leon Rose.

In 2000, she won the second British Salsa Championship title, at the Bacardi Championships with Leon Rose, and that's when her career took off! The first prize was the chance to perform to one of the most prestigious audiences in the Salsa world, at the Puerto Rico Salsa congress, where Susana and Leon received one of the loudest and longest standing ovations of the entire week, after their debut performance.

Susana now spends most of her time (when she isn't practising) at her classes, holding workshops and teaching and/or performing all over the world. She has also done numerous TV and radio appearances and interviews for major newspapers and magazines. When you watch Susana teach, dance or perform, her lifetime spent training and dancing informs her every move. Her wealth of knowledge in several other forms of dance gives her a deep understanding of body mechanics, an essential requirement for all teachers and dancers. But the main reason for her ability to dance and teach so well, besides her abilities, is the fact that to dance and perform, is food for her spirit, it is her driving force, it is her vocation, but above all, it is her Passion!!