stevie (she/her) is a chronically ill certified personal trainer who began work in the f*tness industry in 2007 as a group exercise instructor. she earned her Bachelor's of Science in Physical Education from the Florida State Univeristy, and a master's degree in Sports & Fitness from the University of Central Florida, with an emphasis in Leadership & Coaching
stevie worked as a group exercise instructor and personal trainer for more than a decade - both in large, national chains and at small, private gyms. she has been teaching classes and training clients outdoors since 2014. in the wake of COVID in 2020, stevie shifted her offerings entirely online, and has not been back inside of a gym since the pandemic began 😷
for stevie, the uprisings of 2020 ignited a renewed frustration with - and awareness of her complicity in - an industry that upholds ableism, fatphobia, transphobia, and white supremacy. she overhauled her online classes to include anti-racist curriculum and facilitated recurring discussion groups with students. in 2022, stevie stepped away from exercise instruction and personal training entirely to focus on her own unlearning of toxic concepts and her continued re-education in decolonial fitness. (please see the REFERRALS & REPARATIONS section for more info.) a committed student of anti-racism, stevie re-certified as a Personal Trainer in 2024 and is returning to movement training with a justice-centered and trauma-informed practice. her education is and always will be ongoing
when she's not training or teaching, stevie is a tenant organizer and community advocate. she shares one rescued dog and two cats with her partner, where she lives on unceded Tongva land
“We’ve been complicit—not out of malice but because we have been groomed and raised in a system of racial injustice that has relied on our obliviousness and/or apathy to maintain its uninterrupted operation”
― Sonja Renee Taylor, The Body is Not an Apology
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