Ronald was born in Amsterdam (1987) and started dancing at nineteen. After being on the football field for 13 years, switching to Salsa. He started his first course at SalsaRoy (now Plaza Danza) in Groningen. He quickly fell in love with Salsa. In the following years, Ronald travelled throughout the Netherlands to learn as much as possible, expanding and growing his knowledge and expertise and then putting it into practice. Trained by famous dancers including Raul Kambel, Brian Libier and Mechteld Sterk, with his show and dance partner Vivienne Vicente, Ronald finally started to perform in his shows across Europe.
More recently, Ronald has performed regularly in New York with Yamulee! The world’s Number one show team. The show has been taken worldwide, led by Osmar Perrones. Ronald has performed and shared the stage in many countries. It was here he met Mari Yogo, a famous dancer from Japan. Together they toured around Europe and Asia with their shows and classes. Now his primary focus is on Afro-Cuban, developing his skills and expertise with acknowledged experts and great masters like Baba Richard Gonzalez, Gilset Mora and Marisol Blanco, to name a few.