I have a strong belief in always adopting and rescuing. My two beloved rescues were Faith, my Great Dane mix and Max, my Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. Sadly, both babies passed away over the past year due to old age. Faith was adopted from Great Dane Rescue of North Carolina, where she was looking for a loving home for over a year. She was abused and neglected, but then found me and was pampered and spoiled. My new additions to my family is Makai, a Harlequin Great Dane. He also was adopted from GDRofNC after being tossed around to 7 different homes over 3 years only to end up abandoned at Animal Control. Not only now is he in his forever home, but he is also a celebrity! He is the East Coast Mascot for Pergo Flooring and has made appearances all over North Carolina. Koa, is my newest baby and I am not exactly sure what he is! He was found after almost being hit by a car, wandering aimlessly through the streets, starving, dirty and very sad. I fell in love instantly, cleaned him up, introduced him to his new “Big” brother and now he is in his forever home as well! Please always consider adoption! There is no better reward then to save the life of a loving sweet baby!!

Born and raised in Newton, a suburb outside of Boston, Massachusetts, my love and passion for fitness began at a young age. I studied dance (jazz, ballet and tap) for years in elementary and junior high school. Once I started high school, I pursued cheerleading and competed internationally on a competitive squad. Once in college, I focused my efforts on the dance team and my studies in criminal justice. My focus soon was directed to my career in the criminal justice field and I put my love for dance and being on stage on hold. I attended Northeastern University’s College of Criminal Justice and worked part-time as a Crowd Control Officer for the Boston Red Sox for five seasons. What a blast I had working for that team! Too bad I missed the World Series…I always had faith in the BoSox! During that time, I had auditioned for the New England Patriots Cheerleading Squad, however after making it to the final auditions, I realized that it would conflict with my desire to pursue a law enforcement career and I made my career my priority.

For the next few years, I finished up my studies and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice. In addition to my love for the CJ field, one of my other passions in life is a great love for animals. I always believed in a strong correlation between animal abuse and violent crime, and decided to combine my experience in criminal justice with my love for animals. I worked for the MSPCA at one of their shelters and was able to save the lives of many homeless pets. One year after graduation, I decided to relocate to paradise and moved out to Honolulu, Hawaii. I trained with the Honolulu Police Department as a Police Officer Recruit. That is where my passion for fitness truly began. As P.O. Recruit, I underwent 7 months of intense and grueling physical training through the academy. I was pushed to my absolute physical limit and overcame so many physical challenges. It was the best feeling! I even beat my whole academy class on the sit-up competition and was the last one still going strong after about 250! That was fun! Despite my love for law enforcement and deep respect for the beautiful islands of Aloha, life turned in a direction that I never thought it would and back on the mainland, down south in Mooresville, North Carolina, otherwise known as "Race City USA", the heart of NASCAR.

I have been in Mooresville for almost seven years now. The first four years here was spent pursuing my career in the CJ field as a Private Investigator. Although I loved the excitement of surveillance and the adrenaline rush, there was still a piece of the puzzle missing – my love for fitness. In 2004, I competed in my first fitness model show and was hooked. I had not realized how much I missed the stage! Since my first fitness model competition, I have had the pleasure to shoot with many well respected photographers in locations such as Miami, Los Angeles, Boston and Jamaica. I decided to make a career change and go back into the fitness industry full time while of course staying a Private Investigator, but only on a part-time basis. Over the next two years, I became the Assistant Manager at Gold’s Gym, became certified as a Personal Trainer and trained clients. Considering I live in the heart of Nascar, many of my clients were Nascar drivers and pit crew members. That led me to my current endeavor... the owner of my own business called Racing Edge Fitness!!

Racing Edge Fitness was founded in early 2007 with the goal of providing good quality, great tasting, well balanced healthy meals to some high profile NASCAR Cup teams. With their meals, proper supplementation and fitness consultation services were also provided with overall nutritional guidance. The concept caught on and now I am servicing the majority of the NASCAR community along with Cup and Busch drivers, Crew Chiefs and Pit Crew Members. I am also the Team Trainer for Rusty Wallace Inc. For the 2008 NASCAR Season, I will be traveling with my teams all across the country to the various race tracks so I can provide my healthy meals to the guys on the road. In addition, Supermodel Niki Taylor is also a client of mine who I have helped get in shape for her new television series "Make Me a Supermodel" on the Bravo Channel. For more detailed info on my company, please click the link to Racing Edge Fitness. We might be coming to an area near you!!

Currently, I am a Certified Personal Trainer. I am also completing my studies to be a Certified Nutrition Wellness Consultant and a Sports Nutrition Consultant. In addition, I am in training for my upcoming competition season starting in April of 2008 at the Fitness Atlantic Show in Connecticut. Check out my schedule for updated show and photo shoots for the ’08 Season!

My desire is to promote the importance of health and fitness, especially throughout the Nascar racing community. A healthy body, leads to a healthy mind and soul.

One last note...my tattoo! Of course I must answer that very frequently asked question. It is a Hawaiian symbol for a Sea Turtle. In Hawaiian it is called a "Honu" According to the legend, it means long life and prosperity. For me it means much more. It is a symbol of my love and respect for our environment, especially all of God’s creatures. It is placed on the left side, pointing towards my heart. I got the "Mom Honu" first, before entering the police academy. The three "baby Honus" came after, as a sign of a re-birth.

If you believe, you can achieve it! We all have the ability to create the exact life that we want. All you have to do is BELIEVE!