 In addition to performing with Ballet Hispanico's own company, alumni trained at the School have gone on the significant careers, including Linda Celeste Sims, a leading dancer with the Ailey Company; Kimberly Braylock, a member of the San Francisco Ballet; Nancy and Rachel Ticotin in film, television and Broadway; Michael DeLorenzo in film and television; Sara Erde, Spanish dance artist at the Metropolitan Opera; and Nelida Tirado, featured Spanish dancer with the international tour of "Riverdance".Leelee Sobieski and Jennifer Lopez also took their earliest dance classes at the School.A number of alumni are now artistic directors in their own right, including Damaris Ferrer, founder and Artistic Director of Bailes Ferrer; solo flamenco artist Sandra Rivera; and Nelida Tirado, who was featured in "Dance Magazine's" "25 to Watch" in 2007.