Alejandro Contreras

During my Provo High years, I believe I was mostly known as that kid who could ballroom dance. Because of my love and passion for dancing throughout my high school experience, I didn't really get the chance to get to know a lot of fellow students. I did however, enjoy the relationships I was able to establish at Provo High. After I graduated, I focused all of my time in improving as a competitive Latin ballroom dancer. I had the chance to travel all over the world to perform and compete. In 2001 I decided to go on a mission and was sent to East Los Angeles, California. During my mission, I realized that I needed to prioritize my life and allow myself to be involved in other things besides dance. I found this difficult to do since I had so many opportunities to continue dancing and performing after my mission. I had the chance to audition and make it to the top 20 male dancers on season 3 of Fox's So You Think You Can Dance. I've also been a cast member of Origins Professional Dance Company for about 5 years. Although I don't do a lot of performing now, I still teach a few hours a week and I also love to go salsa dancing whenever I can. In fact, it was through salsa dancing that I met my wife Genevieve. We got married in July of 2005 and we have a 4 month old son named Eric. I realize now that had it not been for my ability to dance, my wife would have never married me. So after all these years, dancing finally proved its true purpose in my life. After I got married, I decided to go back to school and try and learn something else besides dancing. I will graduate from UVU with a degree in accounting this December. So yeah...I'm a latin-dancing accountant. Not many of those I guess. I am currently the managing director of a luxury hair and makeup salon in Lehi called Studio Enizio. I don't do hair or makeup, I just manage the salon. I don't need anything else to take away my manhood. I figured being a dancer was a big enough hit. After I graduate from UVU, I plan on joining the FBI and hopefully getting out of Utah; not because I don't like it here, but simply because I have been here my whole life and would like a change. I plan on getting an MBA and also plan on becoming a certified fraud examiner.