College Attended/Degree/What do you know

After graduating high school, I attended South Dakota State University where I studied Exercise Physiology. I also studied abroad through the University of Northern Iowa where I lived on the Navy Base in Yokosuka, Japan. One of my greatest accomplishments while abroad was climbing Mount Fuji. After returning home from Japan, I finished another semester at SDSU and then transferred to Florida State University and graduated with a B.S. in Food and Nutrition, specializing in Fitness. After graduating with my Food and Nutrition degree, I became an EMT and worked in a hospital setting where I worked with patients who needed extended therapy to regain their physical fitness such as post stroke, cardiac rehab, physical therapy, and respiratory therapy patients.

Athletic Background

I started my athletic career in elementary school where a friend of mine asked me to run summer track with her. Little did I know that my Track and Field career would last through college. I ran the 400m, 800m, and high jumped through high school and continued as a high jumper and 400m runner in college. I was also a cross country runner and gymnast throughout my middle school and high school athletic careers.

How did you find CrossFit

I was invited by a very sweet friend of mine to attend a CrossFit class at BNI in 2014. I had just gone through a divorce and she knew that CrossFit would help me regain my energy and get me back into a positive mindset. After a few classes of lifting weights, running, walking on my hands, meeting like-minded people, and feeling like I could conquer the world again, I haven’t looked back!

Favorite CrossFit move

Any move that includes the barbell!

CrossFit Athlete you would most like to WOD with

My answer pertains to which athletes…and those athletes are the CrossFit athletes that I work out next to every day, those CrossFit athletes that make it to class when they really did not want to go, those CrossFit athletes that pushed themselves to do something they have never done before because they want to be the best version of themselves…those are the CrossFit athletes I would most like to WOD with!