Movement has been part of my life for as long as I can remember.

From the age of three, I was involved in sport and movement — playing volleyball, softball, basketball and soccer, alongside dancing and gymnastics. At eight years old, dance became a much bigger part of my life, and for the next decade I trained and competed in lyrical, jazz and tap dance, eventually competing at national level in the USA.

Dance gave me an incredible foundation in movement, discipline and performance, but it also introduced me to some of the less visible sides of the industry. Along the way, I experienced injuries, struggles with body image and eating, and the mental health challenges that can accompany a culture so focused on appearance and performance.

Those experiences have shaped the way I approach fitness today.

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From 18 to 21, I studied for a BSc in Dance and Arts Management. During this time, my relationship with my body and weight became increasingly difficult. I struggled with binge eating disorder, hypothyroidism and my mental health, and found myself dealing with weight gain that was difficult to understand and even harder to manage.

Eventually, I realised that I wanted to take my relationship with movement in a different direction. Rather than focusing solely on performing, I became increasingly interested in what happened behind the scenes — and, more importantly, in how movement could be used to help people feel stronger, healthier and more confident in their bodies.

In 2015, I began working at the North Side YMCA in Oklahoma City, where I started teaching swimming lessons and aqua aerobics. I soon began filling in for other fitness classes, discovering that I loved helping people move and watching their confidence grow.

It was also around this time that I began strength training seriously for the first time.

I quickly became fascinated by how the body moves, adapts and gets stronger — and how individual that process can be for every person.

In 2018, I qualified as a Barre instructor, and in 2020 I took the next step and became a qualified Personal Trainer through the American Council on Exercise (ACE).

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Between 2020 and 2021, I discovered the area of personal training that truly felt like my calling: working with people who were living with chronic pain, injuries and health conditions that made traditional approaches to exercise difficult.

I found that I particularly enjoyed helping people who had been told to simply "exercise more" but had never been given the tools, modifications or individual attention they needed to actually do so comfortably.

My approach is centred around corrective exercise, strength and movement for pain management.

I work with clients with a wide range of experiences and conditions, including endometriosis, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS), POTS, arthritis, previous injuries and clients recovering from procedures such as knee replacement surgery.

No two bodies are the same, and no two experiences of pain are the same.

That's why I don't believe in a one-size-fits-all approach to fitness.

Instead, I focus on understanding where you are starting from, identifying what you can do comfortably, and gradually building strength, confidence, mobility and capacity from there.

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My journey hasn't been a straight line.

From 2021 to 2022, I studied for an MSc in Management at the University of South Wales. During this period, I found myself struggling with my own weight again, reinforcing something I had already learned through years of personal experience: health, fitness and body weight are far more complicated than simply "eat less and exercise more."

In 2025, I was diagnosed with PMOS, adding another piece to my own health journey and further strengthening my belief that our bodies cannot be reduced to a number on a scale.

My experiences have taught me empathy as much as they have taught me about exercise.

I know what it feels like to struggle with your body. I know what it feels like when movement doesn't feel straightforward. I know how frustrating it can be when traditional fitness advice doesn't take your individual circumstances into account.

And I know how empowering it can be when you finally find an approach that works with your body rather than against it.