Hometown-
I grew up on Cape Cod and after bouncing around in New England, I've been in Natick since 2006.
Tell us a little bit about yourself-
My husband (of almost 16 years!) and I just upgraded from our first home, a one-bedroom condo in West Natick, to a single family home five minutes away from the studio. That was not intentional but a great perk :-)
About a decade ago I followed through on the cliche "Become a Marine Biologist" goal you see in every high school yearbook but I left the university scene to teach science at Brookline High School, having decided that teaching high school students is way more fun (most of the time) than teaching college students. In my spare time, when not taking DanceFIT classes, I enjoy cooking (always vegan, going on 24 years) and traveling as much as possible.
How long have you been taking classes at DanceFIT?
I've been taking classes at the Natick studio since January of 2016 I think. But actually in 2008 (I think, maybe 2009) when I was in my second round of grad school a friend of mine convinced me to buy a Groupon for classes in the Brookline studio. We tried one BalletFit class with Gina and my friend deemed it too hard. So we ended up taking only the hip hop classes until our Groupons ran out (we were very poorly paid grad students, so we lived on Groupon-based activities only).
What is your favorite thing about DanceFIT?
That's so hard! I love all the classes but I think the community spirit is the best thing. I think it's harder as an adult to meet new people so it's been fun to branch out and make some new friends.
Favorite workout accessory-
Hands-down grippy socks!
