About Me
Allow me to put my PhD, fitness experience and knowledge to use so you can Age Better Than Your Parents!
I have taught fitness to more than 40,000 participants on 4 continents in 4 languages. My teaching career spans land, sea, and airwaves and started in the first aerobics studio in Europe – over 44 years ago.
Former faculty at University of California Santa Barbara in both the Department of Exercise and Sports Studies and English, I specialize in baby boomer and older adult group exercise. Additional qualifications include:
- Age Well Collective Graduate (yearlong program)
- Functional Aging Institute certified
- ACE Group Fitness certified
- 3 Time Finalist IDEA Director of Year Award
- 44 years in the fitness industry
- Regular Guest Instructor for Rancho la Puerta Fitness Resort, Tecate, Mexico

Called an “edu-tainer,” based on rumors that I bring humor to my classes, I am also a prolific fitness writer, three-time finalist as Fitness Director of the Year for the international professional association IDEA, and three-time National Aerobic Championship Regional Gold Medalist. When not developing the programs you see on this website or teaching classes in my hometown of Santa Barbara, CA you can find me at Rancho la Puerta Fitness Resort, Mexico, where I have been guest instructing since 1984.

