Camila Ramón

Camila Ramón knows how to make a workout feel like a night out. On Peloton, where she became the platform’s first bilingual cycling and tread instructor, a class with her can mean reggaetón, club lighting, plenty of Spanish and the kind of energy that earned her the nickname “Perreo Princess.” Her following even has its own name: the Mila Mafia.

That world feels very much like Ramón. Born in Buenos Aires, she moved to Miami at seven, and the music and culture she grew up with became central to the way she approached fitness. When she made her Peloton debut in 2021, she did it to Tego Calderón’s “Punto y Aparte.” Latin music wasn’t being saved for a special playlist. It was simply part of the room.

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What makes Ramón interesting, though, isn’t just what she plays during class. Her approach to exercise came from having to rethink her own. As a college dancer, she has spoken about running twice a day and taking fat burners to fit into costumes. After breaking down during a run in 2015, she began changing the way she thought about movement and her body.

Years later, she found a distinctly Latina way to talk about some of those pressures with her riders. Ramón calls the critical voice in your head the “Tía Tóxica,” borrowing from the relative who always seems ready with an unsolicited comment about someone's body. In her classes, riders are encouraged to quiet her. It’s funny because it's recognizable, but the idea behind it is serious: exercise doesn’t have to come from disliking yourself.

Her audience has followed her well beyond those classes. In 2025, Ramón and former Colombian soccer player Melissa Ortiz began co-hosting iHeart’s Hasta Abajo, bringing Latino culture into conversations about sports. That year, she was also recognized among El Diario’s Mujeres Destacadas and made an unexpected move into another field she had always kept close, music.

Her first single, “No Hay Fotos,” arrived in 2025. Then came “24/7” in 2026, a Tropipop song that shifts from mambo to bachata and brought her community directly into the creative process. Ramón asked fans for ideas for the music video and incorporated their suggestions. “Mary Jane” followed in April.

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The biggest change could be seen in Chicago that summer. When Ramón appeared at Northalsted Market Days in August, the festival introduced her as a “Peloton instructor and singer.” This time, she wasn’t walking onto the stage to lead a ride. She was there to perform her music.

It’s an interesting turn for someone whose career was built with music playing in the background. Ramón is now finding out what happens when she steps in front of it. And whether she’s on a bike, behind a microphone or singing to a crowd, the part that people responded to in the first place remains unmistakably hers.