Meet the Hosts
Ashvin Iyer
Ashvin Iyer has been an organizer in the San Francisco Bay Area since 2010. He hosted Milonga Tango Universe and Época weekly, building a community of 300-plus dancers over 10 years. Ashvin created highly popular events with top Buenos Aires teachers, performers and live bands. Ashvin is also an acclaimed DJ and one of the few North American DJs to be widely accepted in Buenos Aires, having played in over 40 of the tango mecca's most venerable milongas and venues.
Neri Trinidad
Neri Trinidad was a founding member of Siempre Milonguero, the association for US encuentros which seeks to preserve and promote Argentine Tango culture and traditional social dance of the Golden Age. An influential organizer since 1998, Neri has hosted many milongas and events in Phoenix, Arizona. In addition to teaching, she brought many important maestros and milongueros to the Southwest. Neri hosted the Phoenix 4th of July Tango Retreat in 2010 where organizers envisioned what later evolved into Siempre Milonguero. In 2013, Neri hosted En Tus Brazos Encuentro in Phoenix.