Marzena Stachura and Slawek Sochacki were both born in Poland. They have been dancing together for over 16 years. They moved to the United States in 2002. For three consecutive years (2005, 2006, 2007) they were the Polish respresentatives to the World, the European Champions in the 10-Dance Division, as well as 2005 Standard Champions. After 1 year off , in 2009, they decided to come back on the floor in new style American Smooth.