Juan comes from Colombian descent but was originally born in Brooklyn, New York and raised in between Colombia, Miami, Spain, and New York. At the age of 16, Juan was introduced to salsa music on the park playground, where his interest in salsa dancing began. From then on he began going out with his friends to local salsa clubs. Juan joined the United States Marine Corps at 18 where he was sent to serve two years in Okinawa, Japan. To his surprise salsa was very big within the Japanese community, which led him to continue with his dancing. He was transferred to San Diego in September of 1999, where his love for salsa dancing took off to another level.

 In October of 2002 he was asked to join Majesty In Motion Dance Company, the largest and fastest growing salsa dance company in San Diego. In 2003 he decided to begin teaching salsa classes. Since then he's taught and performed at numerous venues and private events in around the United States in cities such as San Diego, Boston, Phoenix, San Francisco, Santa Fe, Oakland, Palm Springs, Laughlin, and as a guest dancer six consecutive times at the World Salsa Congress in Los Angeles. Juan and his partner were also chosen to represent the United States during the 50^th Anniversary of the Colombian Festival in South America. Juan has also been a guest performer with world renowned salsa dancer, Jayson Molina.

Juan is now co-director of Majesty in Motion, teaching, choreographing routines and running drills for the different level teams that comprise the company.  You will also find Juan performing with Majesty in Motion’s professional dance team as well as with his dance partner, Erica Llamas. With over ten years of dance experience, Juan Hernandez has created a unique style that has many dancers in the salsa scene considering him the smoothest salsa dancer in San Diego.  This is why he has a large following of students scattered about the various dance studios that he teaches at.