about me

I grew up in New Jersey and attended Kent Place School, a small private girls school from third grade through graduation. I trained at the New Jersey Ballet School and North Carolina School of the Arts, and joined New Jersey Ballet’s Junior Company at fifteen. One year later I was accepted into the prestigious ballet program at Indiana University Jacobs School of Music which I graduated from in 2006. Upon graduation, after multiple injuries and much reflection, I decided to step away from dancing to pursue a graduate degree in Early Childhood Education at IU. I taught kindergarten at a low income school for a year, followed by three years of preschool.

In 2010 I changed course completely, pivoting to the world of fitness. I completed my 600 hour comprehensive pilates certification and the following year began my first yoga teacher training. Within the proceeding few years I finished my 500 hour advanced yoga studies and was teaching full time at Vibe Yoga Studio in Bloomington, Indiana. At Vibe I helped coordinate the new teacher mentorship program, led daily classes, workshops, and taught various segments of teacher training. For three years I also taught pilates, IndoRow, TRX, and yoga at Bloomington Body Bar, a small boutique fitness center in Bloomington, Indiana.

In 2016 my husband and I relocated to Washington DC where I taught classes and workshops at Faith Hunter’s studio, Embrace Yoga DC. A few months into our adventure in DC, I began taking ballet classes at The Washington Ballet just for fun and soon found myself immersed in paid projects. I reduced my yoga teaching and opened my schedule up to pursue freelance dancing projects. In late 2017 I helped form Terra Firma Dance, a contemporary ballet company based in DC as both a founding company and board member.

In November 2019 I discovered I was pregnant and by March 2020 Covid-19 changed life and group fitness as we know it. I welcomed my son Hank into the world on July 13, 2020 and found myself counting down the days until I was cleared for exercise at my 6 week postpartum check up. During those long, challenging days (and nights! oh the nights…) of the first six weeks postpartum, I realized how much I relied on physical movement to keep me feeling my best, not only physically but mentally and emotionally as well.

One night around 3 am after a particularly rough day, I came up with the idea for Warrior Mama Fitness — a virtual community for postpartum women to connect with one another and reconnect to their bodies. I conducted a beta test group with myself as a guinea pig and I am happy to report this program helped rebuild my strength, stamina, and sense of balance in every regard. I love what I do, I love this work, and I love all the pieces of my life that have come together to help me help new moms everywhere.