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DENISE
DENISE ALLISON
Denise Allison:
Beautiful...inside and out is the ONLY way to describe this exceptional mujer. Her first taste of the dance was in August 2005. And like the rest of us Salsaholics...she fell in love with it. Not only did she learn salsa/mambo, Denise made her perfomance debut a few months later, last December, at Zanzibar, with who....the Clavekazi Student Group no less. She auditioned, was accepted and started practicing. Suddenly she was called out of the country (we'll discuss that in awhile). Returning a few weeks later the Student group had learned the routine and Denise was far behind the others. As you will soon find out...challenges only motivate, not deter this outstanding woman. She began to practice non-stop to get up to speed and says it felt good achieving something difficult, something new.
Betcha Didn't know.....Denise was born right here in Takoma Park, Maryland, however, she was raised in Argentina for the first 14 years of her life. She also spent a couple of years in Germany.....so, her first language is Spanish.....her second is English and she is good at conversational German. OMG, I just love her accent..so sultry!! You have to hear it. What a combination.i Denise loves sports and played professional ball and raquet ball in Argentina. Cycling is what she finds oh so soothing though. When she's on her bike, she's transported somewhere else...a bettter place...a peaceful place. Look for her during the Cherry Blossom 10 Mile race and she's also signed on to participate in a Mini Triathalon in Northern Virginia...she's looking forward to testing her indurance. Denise also loves to travel, to say the least!! Now lets get to the nitty gritty....this phenominal women has me in awe. She takes the words humanitarian, world citizen and selflessness (is that a word?) to the inth degree. Denise is one of the many volunteers who dropped everything and travelled to Sri Lanka (several times) at her own expense, to help out the devastated people there who fell victim of that devastating Tsunami last year. Denise is passionate about volunteering and says the gratification she gets from giving to and helping others is indescribable. She knows first hand why Princess Diana, Angelina Jolie and other celebrities perform the volunteer work they do. It gives your life purpose...it's fullfilling. Currently Denise is working on traveling to Pakistan to help the needy families there. Nowadays she has to be very selective about who and what she gets involved in. She had spread herself very thin and it started to wear her down. Not one to give up...she is now contacting NGO's (Non-profit Govt Agencies) focusing on the smaller ones to identify these needy families. If that ain't enough...Denise is also working on establishing her very own NGO with the intention of forming a cooperative of Families Helping Families. Any family that is aided by her NGO would "pay it forward" and help a family that they know in need. By doing so, that family gets to experience the awesome feeling of satisfaction by helping others. What a great idea!!! And what makes Denise and her work to extraordinary....100 percent of donations she collects goes directly to the people she's trying to help. To read more about this exceptional woman and /or to help in her cause....please visit http://www.denise-allison.com/ I promise you'll be blown away!!!
