Alien Ramirez was born in the city of Bayamo, Cuba. She started dancing at an early age and has never stopped.

Alien she began her dance training at the Escuela de Instructores de Arte, Cuba, where she developed her skills in several different types of dances, including ballet, contemporary, jazz, modern, flamenco, Cuban folklore and, of course, all Latin styles and Afro-Cuban as well as gymnastics.

After graduating, she worked for the Olga Alonso Dance Studio in Cuba teaching Latin dance and Afro-Cuban styles. She moved to the Miami in the United States at the age of nineteen. She partnered with Nelson Gaston Vidarte with whom she won the World Salsa Federation Championship 2004 in two different divisions. Also she won the World Salsa Casino Style Championship in Miami in 2004.

At the age of twenty one, she moved to Los Angeles. While living there she has partnered with many top professionals including Alex Da Silva, Cristian Oviedo, Rodrigo Guzman, Grizzly Hidriago, David Nieto, Jorge Contreras, Martin Galezz, Erick Calvillo and others.