Belinda started dancing at age 5, and did her first jitterbugging as a teenager at Friday night socials in a church basement in Los Angeles. She has been teaching social dancing in the East Bay since 1975, including foxtrot, waltz, American tango, cha-cha, rumba, night club two-step, slow dancing, disco, and, of course, swing.

Since 1994 she has been specializing in swing and Lindy Hop, and is a cofounder and current treasurer of the Northern California Lindy Society.