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# Isabelle Pampillo: Spreading salsa
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/isabelle-pampillo-spreading-salsa/
- Published: 2005-12-05T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T08:15:58.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: local, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By JASMIN PERSCH Special to the Daily Press*

Isabelle Pampillo’s smile, dynamic dance moves and cheers enliven her salsa students, who flail their arms wildly and step on one another’s toes. Despite their awkwardness, they laugh and smile as Pampillo leads the class in a warm-up at the Mexican restaurant Casa Escobar in Marina PROFILES, from page 1

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(Photo: Special to the Daily Press)

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on December 5, 2005.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/120505.pdf?ref=smdp.com)