Mario has training in Hip-Hop, W*acking, Afro styles, Soca, and House dance. 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 (a free dance class series for youth) a year later. In 2012, Mario joined Studio 604 in Burnaby, BC, and brought Epiphany to the studio, where it became a competitive dance company. Under Studio 604, he co-led the company to compete at many local, national, and international 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-based companies. 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 Michael. Mario has also travelled to Los Angeles, San Francisco (USA), Toronto (Ontario), and Calgary (Alberta) for training. In 2023, Mario returned to New Zealand to continue learning from notable choreographers and instructors from the Auckland dance community. That year, he also travelled to New York City as a choreographer and performer for MODArts Dance Collective’s Move to Change Dance Festival.

From 2021 to 2024, Mario was part of Afrobeats Van, training with Izo Gasangwa in different Afro Dance styles. From 2022 to 2024, he was part of Soca Xperiene Collective (previously Vancouver Soca Xperience) under Tereza Paraschivescu and Eliana McFarlane, where he received training in Soca.

Recently, as an artist with MascallDance, he’s been a part of ‘Dance In Vancouver’ 2024, the ‘LIFT Festival, Inverso Intergenerational Festival’ 2025, and ‘Heart of the City Festival’ in 2024 and 2025.