I’ve been training for 12 years and coaching nutrition since 2018, but nobody who knew me growing up would have guessed I’d end up here. I was a theater kid at heart, and I fully expected my life to go that way.

That changed at 19 when I decided I wanted to get stronger for what I thought was my career at the time. I started following CrossFit athletes, and at 20 I walked into my first gym and fell in love with the sport. Over the years I’ve competed in numerous CrossFit competitions, from small-town gyms to regional-level events. It didn’t take long to realize the workouts were only part of the picture. To perform well and feel good, I had to fuel myself properly, and at the time I knew next to nothing about how to do that.

So I set out to learn. In 2016 I earned my CrossFit Level 1 and then my Precision Nutrition Level 1 (PN L1), and I changed my college major from criminal justice to nutritional science. After moving to the Midwest in 2018, I completed my training through the Nutritional Therapy Association and became a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner (NTP).

Along the way, I saw how much misinformation about food and fitness was spreading on social media. I wanted to push back on it, so I started sharing my own journey online, raw and unfiltered. Being that open in public has made me a better coach, because it keeps me grounded in what real, imperfect progress looks like.

I’ve been a coach with Black Iron Nutrition since 2018, and over the last 8.5 years, I’ve worked with thousands of clients, from professional athletes to stay-at-home parents and everyone in between. Outside of BIN, I coach CrossFit classes for adults and kids, and I still work with athletes who love to compete, whether they’re in it for fun or have their sights set on qualifying for elite-level competition.

For me, fitness and nutrition have always been intertwined, and I love getting to coach both.