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Selected Press Reviews Related to the Rhythm & Power Exhibition:

·     Centro: Center for Puerto Rican Studies (Book), Rhythm & Power: Performing Salsa in Puerto Rican and Latino Communities, December 21, 2017.

·     The New York Times, ‘Rhythm & Power’: A Little Bling, a Little Politics, a Lot of Salsa, June 17, 2017.

·     The New York Times, Birth of the Hot: Salsa in New York, June 7, 2017.

·     The New York Times, At ‘Uptown Bounce,’ Salsa Dancing and So Much More, July 27, 2018.

·     New York Post, How New Yorkers’ Obsession with Cuba Gave Rise to Salsa, June 14, 2017.

·     Huffington Post, Hip, Hot, and Hungry Happenings in New York City, August 8, 2017.

·     NBC, Visiones morning show, aired June 10, 2017.

·     Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts’ The Score, New York City: Dancer's Delight, June 28, 2019.

·     British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), En busca del lugar de Nueva York donde se "inventó" la salsa, September 22, 2017.

·     Le Monde, Nueva York, une Histoire Musicale du New York Latino, January 4, 2022.

·     Red Bull Music Academy, A Visual History of Salsa in New York, June 13, 2017.

·     Télérama, Nueva York, une histoire musicale du New York latino, July 12, 2021.

·     DNAinfo, Salsa's Roots Traced to City's Streets in New Museum Exhibit, June 16, 2017.

·     Jezebel, Explore the History of Salsa in a New Museum Exhibit, June 15, 2017.

·     The Dance Enthusiast, New York Meets Havana at the Museum of the City of New York, June 12, 2017.

·     ArtDaily, Bilingual Exhibition Traces History of New York Salsa From Local Dance Movement to Global Phenomenon, June 12, 2017.

·     News 12 The Bronx, Arts Space, El Fogón Center of the Bronx, June 18, 2011.

·     Manhattan Neighborhood Network, Channel 4 Culture: Latin Icons Past and Present, August 14, 2017.

·     The Bronx Free Press, “The ‘Melting Pot’ as a Hearth and Home for the Arts,” July 27, 2007.

·     Mott Haven Herald, Old Bodega Conceals Alternative Art Scene, June 3, 2011.

·     WBAI 99.5 FM, “Con Sabor Latino,” August 13, 2017; “New World Gallery,” May 27, 2017.

·     WHCR 90.3 FM, “Essence & Rhythm,” May 20, 2017.

·     WKCR 89.9 FM, “Caribe Latino,” May 22, 2017.

Selected Reviews in National and International Spanish-Language Press:

 ·     El Especialito, Salsa en New York: Ritmo y Poder, July 19, 2017. 

·     Impacto Latino, Ritmo y Poder: Salsa en Nueva York, July 18, 2017. 

·      USA Ahora, NUEVA YORK: Museo cuenta la historia de la salsa en la ciudad, June 14, 2017. 

·      El Nuevo Día, El Museo de Nueva York cuenta la historia de la salsa en Nueva York, June 13, 2017. 

·     ViceVersa, Rhythm & Power, la salsa en Nueva York, June 14, 2017.

·     Al Momento, Museo cuenta la historia de la salsa en Nueva York, June 14, 2017. 

·      Esto es el Agua, Nuestra ‘salsa gorda,’ la exposición ‘Rhythm and Power,’ Museum of the City of New York, November 8, 2017. 

·      El Heraldo (Colombia), La cumbia caribe merece seguir cruzando fronteras, March 17, 2025.

·      Nuestra Voz, Sueños y Desafíos (Print Edition; Catholic churches in Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, and the Bronx), June 2025.