Started cardiokickoxing group fitness classes at university and got addicted to the energy,the music! Continued to attend cardio-based group fitness classes, bootcamps, light-moderate weights...then summer 2014 started lifting heavy/bodybuilding first time ever (after I saw award-winning personal trainer Lyzabeth Lopez's butt and had to have it!)

Working out helps me feel strong and confident. I love being in the zone and giving it my all. That full blast of energy and release is meditative and emotional and powerful and necessary for my happiness.