Nice to Embrace You!
Board of Directors
Jenia (Evgenia) Espe
Secretary
Jenia has been dancing for about 8 years now. She started with ballroom classes and added Argentine Tango to her repertoire in 2021.
She started dancing because she had always wanted to, but she never had the time or the courage to start. She discovered dancing was a great way to “be in the moment” and not think about the next deadline.
Outside her dancing life, Jenia is a founder and President of a human-centered consulting and coaching company focusing on customer research, business strategy, and using your creativity in life and business. She also coaches young women navigating their career paths and finding their unique voices in today’s business world. She is married to Arne, who also dances Argentine tango, and she has two grown daughters and a new granddaughter (a future tanguera, that’s for sure!).
N. Sophia Azoubel, Esq.
Treasurer
As co-founder of San Antonio Tanguer@s, Sophia brings her business, legal and organizational development experience to form and administer this nonprofit.
As a relative newcomer, Sophia eagerly embraced the art of Tango, and her passion and dedication for the craft has allowed her to grow as a dancer. Sophia became a student of Angela Avila and Roy Montejano in early 2022, and thanks to that exposure and instruction Sophia now travels extensively to expand her skill set, as well as to promote Tango as part of the world’s “intangible cultural heritage” as declared by UNESCO.
Originally from the small South American country of Uruguay, Sophia relocated to California where she obtained a B.A. in Political Science and Spanish from Mount St. Mary’s University and a J.D. from Golden Gate University School of Law. Sophia has been a San Antonio resident since 2003.