Mario has trained in a wide array of styles such as Hip-Hop, Punking, Afro and Commercial Choreography. He started his formal dance journey in 2008 with PraiseTEAM Studio in Surrey, BC. With the desire to further his vocabulary within the dance world, he co-founded Epiphany Dance Crew and Epiphany Workshops just a year after starting his formal training. In 2012 Mario joined Studio 604 in Burnaby, BC and a year later he brought Epiphany to the studio where it became a competitive dance company. He led the company to compete at many local and national competitions; such as World of Dance Vancouver and The Canadian Hip-Hop Championships.

In 2015, Mario travelled and lived in Auckland, New Zealand, where he trained with various street dance companies and studios. Later moving to Auckland in 2017, he was mentored by Sunny Sun, a former member of The Royal Family Dance Crew. He also lived in Melbourne, Australia, where he trained under Gina Micheal, one of Australia’s leading choreographers. Mario has also travelled to Los Angeles, San Francisco (USA), Toronto (Ontario), and Calgary (Alberta) for training.

Mario graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Leadership and a Minor in Communications from Trinity Western University. In the 2018/2019 school year, he co-founded Agape; TWU’s first competitive dance team. He led the team to compete at The Academy collegiate dance competition in Toronto—Agape was the first collegiate-based street dance team from western Canada to compete in Ontario’s established university competition circuit. Later that year, Mario was hired by the university to lead the Spartans Dance Program. He was the director of the program from 2019 to 2020. 

In 2021, Mario joined Afrobeats Van, under Isaac (Izo) Gasangwa where he trained heavily in Afro dance styles. In 2023, Mario returned to New Zealand to continue learning from notable choreographers and instructors from the Auckland dance community.