Ron and Judith Gariepy (photo credit: David Huntsman) founders of Lexington Tango, first encountered the Argentine Tango in the San Francisco Bay Area around 1997. They have subsequently taken classes from, among many others, Pablo Veron , Gustavo Naveira and Giselle Ann, Osvaldo Zoto and Lorena Ermocida, Carlos Gavito and Marcela Duran, Julio Balmaceda and Corina de la Rosa, Nito and Elba Garcia, 

Milena Plebs and Ezequiel Farfaro and Homer and Cristina Ladas.
They have been teaching Argentine tango for several years in Lexington under the aegis of the Lexington Vintage Dance Society (http://www.lexingtonvintagedance.org/index.shtml). During that time they have been instrumental in establishing a tango community in Lexington.