Favorite Fitness Activity: Basketball

Health Background: I have played basketball for 12 years, also I’m in college majoring in sports administration with the movement of education.

Goal: A goal I have is to be an Athletic director.

Fun Fact: A fun fact about me is that I love to cook and try new foods.

Favorite Fitness Activity: Basketball

Health Background: Over my lifetime, I’ve played a bunch of different sports, mainly basketball, ballet, and baseball.

Goal: My goal is to give back to the community through fitness and fellowship.

Fun Fact: I danced on Broadway.

Favorite Fitness: Running

Health Background: I relocated to the Baltimore-Washington DC area through military service years ago. With 20 years of experience as a certified health and fitness professional, I am a strong proponent of promoting health and wellness in the Baltimore metropolitan area, providing fitness services to individuals, groups, and corporate clients.

Goal: Promote significance of healthy living within underserved communities by collaborating with various health and wellness advocates.

Fun Fact: I have a soft spot for animals, particularly cats and dogs.

Health Background:Coach Ross has been teaching yoga and mindfulness for over 11 years. He primarily teaches in the school systems focusing on under resourced communities. Coach Ross also teaches boxing to youth.

Goal: To support youth coaches guiding them to become future leaders throughout our community.

Fun Fact: I have taught yoga abroad in Lebanon

Health Background: Exercise has helped me focus and be present. It’s also the language through which I connect with young people and help them learn critical life skills. It’s also the way and place in which young people teach me and help me grow.

Goal: My goal for MissionFit is for all young people in Baltimore to feel like they have a safe space they can go to connect with positive, healthy people. Selfishly, I hope one of those young people replaces me in my job.

Fun Fact: I was a nationally recognized chess player when I was 10 years old (at least that’s the way I remember it).

Health Background: I’ve always been active in many forms of exercise, which has drastically helped my mental and physical well-being. Movement offers me profound comfort and joy while reconnecting with my body and mind.

Goal: To make people feel safe being themselves and help them express themselves better

Fun Fact: I am a visual artist and creative writer

Health Background: When I was a dancer and teaching artist, nutrition, fitness, and mental health education were essential to guiding artistic athletes to be their best both on and off stage. This experience opened the door to serving as an adjunct professor of Health Communication Design, preparing leaders to apply human-centered design approaches to address complex healthcare challenges. Additionally, having personally navigated and reversed personal health issues, I’m dedicated to learning, practicing, and sharing strategies for healthy aging and preventing preventable conditions.

Goal: As Board Chair, I focus on building a collaborative and effective board that actively champions MissionFit’s mission, empowering the organization and its staff to maximize their impact on the lives of young people.

Fun Fact: I once found myself on a campaign alongside the one and only Dave Chappelle.

Health Background: My dad was a really positive health role model for me growing up and showed me the many mental and physical benefits of caring for your body and doing so in community with others.

Goal: Ask good questions and create a sense of clarity that helps move intention to action

Fun Fact: My go-to comfort show is Abbott Elementary

Favorite Fitness Activities: I enjoy strength training and playing basketball. My favorite way to stay active is competing in men’s basketball leagues, where I can challenge myself while enjoying the camaraderie of the game.

Health Background: I played organized basketball from age 6 through 20. During high school, I was honored to be selected by my teammates as captain of Perry Hall High School’s varsity basketball team. That experience taught me the value of leadership, teamwork, accountability, and encouraging others to achieve a common goal.

Goal: To inspire and support the next generation of young people by helping them develop the confidence, leadership skills, and opportunities they need to create positive change in their communities and beyond.

Fun Fact: My dream is to combine my passion for fitness, leadership, and youth development by opening a community fitness center that empowers young people through health, mentorship, and personal growth.

Health Background: Health has always been important to me. I was raised by my southern grandmother. We had a full garden in the back of our row house in the city. Fresh fruits and vegetables were the norm. Very seldom did I ever eat processed foods. I handed that on to my son who is a self-proclaimed vegetarian – not only because he loves vegetables, but he adores animals! His dad suffered a stroke shortly after my son was born (he was 5 months old) and I made healthy living very intentional in my circle. We have so much life ahead of us, I want to make sure those connected to me love it with quality.

Goal: To be more intentional about exercising regularly and lose 50 lbs.

Fun Fact: I’m the only CPA I know with over 80 hours of tattoo art and will hour 100 hours very soon.

Favorite Fitness Activities: Hiking and training my pups

Health Background: Turning a certain age and my body was breaking down from years of competitive tennis. Walked into a CrossFit gym and fell in love with movement.

Goal: While I am no longer a board member, my goal is to see MissionFit’s impact on the community continue to grow; creating a healthier, stronger Baltimore.

Fun Fact: I am a recovering attorney.