I have been an athlete my entire life - from playing neighborhood football to captaining my AAU basketball team the Lady Gators, starting on the varsity soccer team and softball teams as a sophomore in high school. I was the kid consistently praised for my grit and hustle, receiving the teams' 110% awards and testing just how hard an athlete can work. Throughout each and every sport, I was always a strong runner but I never liked running for running's sake -I needed a game. The irony of my becoming a distance runner as an adult is not lost on me.

Every skill I cultivated as a multi-sport athlete, growing up in a trailer park in Foxboro (go Pats!), becoming the first in my family to attend college (Boston University!) thanks to academic scholarships and loans, working in Boston as a legislative aide - all of it helped build me into the person who can run and train for hours at a time, week after week, year after year. When I got asked to become a coach, I jumped in with both feet because serving people has always been at my core. To be able to share what I have learned and uplift others- absolutely, let's go! Run Your Way Coaching is the next chapter- coaching those who want to discover what they are capable of and in an accessible way.