His Spanish teacher in High School first introduced Jaycee Labio to salsa in 1997 and attended his first Salsa Congress in Los Angeles, California in Spring 2001. Inspired by various dance artist, Jaycee started to take dance classes with Gabriel Romero, director of Mambo Romero Dance Co. Shortly after taking a few months of dance classes, he started training with the Mambo Romero Dance Company in the end of 2001. Under the direction and training from Gabriel Romero, Eugene Gleser, and Fiona Cheung, Jaycee slowly matured into a dancer. Six months after stepping into his first dance rehearsal Jaycee Labio debuted in L.A. Salsa Congress in

2002 with the Mambo Romero Dance Co. Dedicating 4 years of his dance career with the company enabled him to perform at the Ethnic Dance Festival in S.F., New York, Puerto Rico, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and many other venues around the country.

  In May 2005 the Afinkao Dance project broke ground. Now proudly directing and training both Afinkao Dance Company and AfinKao Phase II (amateur team) into a new generation of Latin Dancers.