About Coach K

Hello, party people! I will be your coach through this crazy ride. I am a dog mom - he is Buddy the Pug  our #zoomcoordinator - I am a coffee lover (because coffee is life), I am part of the LGBTQ+ community, I am passionate, loyal, an ambivert, and a Libra. I have earned a Bachelor’s degree in Sport and Exercise from UCF, CrossFit Level 1, Active Life Immersion Course and Breathwork, Nutritional Coaching Institute Level 1, Working Against Gravity Certified Coach, CrossFit Weightlifting Level 2 - and this is only the beginning.

Originally from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, my journey through fitness has been somewhat unconventional.

As a young girl I was overweight, insecure, self-conscious... Then, with no better information than what I was fed through society and TV, I decided it was time to lose all the weight. I started a very aggressive diet, which caused me to be extremely underweight and unhealthy – even losing my period – and I was just as insecure and self-conscious as before. After finding "some" balance nutritionally, and a doctor telling me I had the knees of an 80-year-old, while I was in my 20s, my journey through fitness and exercise began.

My "gateway drug" was Kickboxing, which I still love and for which I am so thankful. I then went to a regular Gym and then to CrossFit - all of that in a 15 year span. Through these years, fitness has taught me about nutrition, movement, self-love, kindness, mindset... Most importantly, fitness has taught me that it is not about what others think or expect. Fitness is not about the scale or what your friends think of you. Fitness is all about you! Your happiness, your confidence, your self-kindness, your pushing of limits – all in an effort to be better for you. My goal is to help you see that you are enough, and that you are perfectly imperfect just the way you are!