Hometown: Cedar Rapids, Iowa 

Education: B.S. Exercise Science University of Iowa

Certifications: ACE Personal Trainer Certification

Specialty Areas: Muscle Strength & Size, Endurance Training

Experience: 8+ years of personal weightlifting and exercise research

Hobbies: Photography, painting, longboarding, listening to music

Bio: I’m a 22-year-old senior at the University of Iowa with some ambitious goals in my career paths as a personal trainer and a photographer, dedicated to personal development and helping others do the same. 

Philosophy: The philosophy I live by is “Amor Fati,” which relates to Stoicism, and means “To love your fate.” It is the idea that all experiences, whether good or bad, cause you to grow in one way or the other and make you the person you are today and who you will become. There are things within our control and things that aren’t, but we should love our fate either way because that is what forms who we are.