I graduated college with a degree in Exercise Science. Managed our local fitness center for approx 7 years (with a leave of absence for a bit) and taught in person fitness classes for 2 years, while I LOVED it I never felt like it was my true calling.

July 23, 2019 my world turned upside down when my sister, my best friend – Brooke, was killed instantly in a car accident. It was the hardest hard I have ever walked and still walk today. In the blink of an eye my world turned upside down for what felt like would be forever.

July 26, 2019 we found out we were pregnant with our 3rd daughter, Nora Brooklyn….just 72 hours after losing my sister.  Fun fact she is named after her Auntie Brooke in heaven as Nora was her favorite girl name and I truly believe Nora helped give me the strength on the inside to fight in the months that followed.

At that time I walked away from EVERYTHING! I feared grief causing me to lose my baby, I was grieving so deeply myself and had two girls at home that missed their Auntie Brooke, their second mom, as much as I did. I didn’t know how to navigate life and was so lost. I took the time to stay home, focus on my grief through counseling and caring for our girls. Nora was born March 31, 2020 – right as the entire world shut down due to COVID – which also shutdown my ability to return to my job as I had wished, due to the state mandates.

Over the next 2.5 years we proceeded to fight a legal battle due to how my sisters life was taken – we battled civilly and criminally.             It constantly disrupted our every day lives with meetings, court dates, mediations and more. That all came to a close in October 2021 with a ruling that is not even close to fair in the circumstances and for my sister’s life, I cannot explain the level of mental exhaustion that brings.

In November 2020 I began teaching in person for a whole 3 days before a state mandate shut us down again…this time I was ready to fight and chose to take Corefit virtual where no one could control my program or tell me what to do. That is when my true passion was found and I still live in today. I have since quit my manager job and moved Corefit to a studio in my garage so our kids can join me if they wake up in the mornings and I am always home if my husband needs to leave early for work.

I have a passion, an incredible why, a drive to literally show others its okay to hit rock bottom and sometimes you need to sit there for a bit while you gain the strength to crawl back out.  What is not okay is to stay there – YOU deserve SO MUCH MORE! I have since complete three NASM certifications – personal training, virtual fitness and nutrition plus an additional personal 1:1 nutrition/coaching program to further my knowledge.  Resulting in the launch of Corefit’s nutrition program in July 2023, just two months before our 4th child, Isaiah was born.

I firmly believe you cannot become healthy on the outside if you do not first become healthy on the inside – Corefit – Fit to the Core.