Alienor Salmon is a Franco-British writer, researcher, and consultant who has traveled the world studying happiness, education, and emotional development for UNESCO and other international organizations. Through her website, Bailando Journey, she has become a dance influencer and ambassador, promoting the discovery of cultures through dance and dance's multiple benefits for well-being and personal development. In 2018 she received official accreditation for journalistic coverage of the Cali Fair, one of the most important traditional music and dance celebrations in Colombia and Latin America. In 2022 she gave a TEDx talk on her tour of Latin America, learning its dances and about herself in the process, the basis for her book Finding Rhythm. She has since founded the School of Happiness, where she teaches masterclasses on the science of happiness, and she teaches Mindful Latin Flow, a mindful movement class based on Latin rhythms. Aliénor currently lives in Lisbon, Portugal.