Resume

Education (Health & Fitness)

  • CanFitPro Certified Fitness Instructor Specialist with over 6000 hours of teaching experience
  • CanFitPro Certified Healthy Eating & Weight Loss Coach
  • CanFitPro Clean Eating for Wellness
  • CanFitPro Understanding a Fit Pregnancy
  • Certified 200hr Registered Yoga Teacher
  • 100-hr Warriors (Trauma-Sensitive Yoga) Certificate of Enhanced Qualifications which includes courses in:
    • Healing Emotional & Physical Trauma
    • Balancing the Nervous System
    • Yoga for Addictions
    • Yoga for Balancing Moods
    • Yogafit Warriors (Trauma-Informed Teaching)
  • 100-hr Holistic Whole Body Health Certificate of Enhanced Qualifications which includes courses in:
    • Meditation and Mindfulness
    • Yoga Nidra
    • Positive Psychology
    • Ayurveda
    • Yoga Lean
  • Ayurveda 1, Ayurveda 2 + Advanced Ayurveda
  • Barre Intensity Trained Barre Instructor
  • Licensed Zumba® Fitness, Zumba Gold®, Zumba Toning®, Zumba® Kids & Zumba® Kids Jr., Aqua Zumba®, and Zumba Core® Instructor (http://sfevens.zumba.com)
  • Fundamentals of Nutrition Course Certificate
  • Certified Run-Fit Specialist
  • Eat To Perform Coaches Certification which includes:
    • The Science of Nutrition
    • The Science of Programming for Fat Loss
    • The Science of Body Recomposition
    • The Science of PCOS
  • CCAA Certified Seniors Fitness Instructor
  • CALA Certified AquaFitness Leader
  • AFAA: Nutrition & Exercise: Timing is Everything
  • AFAA: Practical Modality Instruction
  • Self-Myofascial Release Programming
  • CPR Level “C”
  • Self-Help Reflexology
  • Running for Women Course Certificate
  • Metabolic Workouts Course Certificate
  • The Runner’s Clinic (Identifying & training proper running technique & performance and designing effective programs & methods to train runners most efficiently)

Education (Business, Marketing & Social Media)

  • NSCC Business Information Technology Certificate with Honours
  • NSCC Business Administration: Financial Services Diploma with Honours (which included a heavy concentration on Marketing)
  • IBANS Certified Accredited Insurance Broker Designation with Honours

Achievements

  • owner of wellU virtual fitness & wellness studio
  • EKCC “Best of Kings” 2012 Best Sports/Recreation Business Award Winner
  • EKCC “Best of Kings” 2011Best Fitness/Health Club Award Winner
  • Owner of “Confessions of a Fitness Instructor” a health and lifestyle blog.
  • Raised over $4000 with Team in Training and ran the San Francisco Nike Women Half Marathon 2013
  • Has been featured on many media outlets including CanFitPro Magazine, Shape.com, Well & Good NYC, IDEA Fitness Journal, Fit Approach, FitFluential, Healthy Living Blogs & more (see more).
  • Runner-up in the Best Health Magazine’s Blogger Awards 2013
  • Performed on stage at ZIN Day Canada 2012 in front of thousands of instructors as part of 1 of 10 selected “ZIN Crews”
  • Attended the 2011 and 2020 Zumba Conventions
  • Was invited to Toronto with Loblaws/President’s Choice for the launch of their #PCDiscoveries campaign.
  • Ambassador for teamatoma promoting Nova Scotia Gymnast Ellie Black for the 2015 Pan Am Games which included a trip to the Pan Am Games in Toronto.
  • Travelled to Ottawa with Egg Farmers of Canada to visit Burnbrae Farms
  • Presentor at BlogJam Atlantic 2017-2019 and Social Media Day Halifax 2018
  • Author of  “28 Days to a Healthier You”