Meet Your Trainers:
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Dawn Veras -CEO and Founder
A highly motivated fitness professional who left a corporate position to follow her dreams in 2019. Changing and disrupting what the health, wellness, and fitness diet culture has manipulated us to believe. Her community has quickly become the home for all those that don't fit into the fitness BS. Our motto is stronger, not smaller - understanding many want to shed unhealthy excess weight. Let me help you change your perspective and your goals and I know you'll see the results you want!
Certifications & Additional Training
ACE Certified PT
Youth Strength and Conditioning
Kettlebell Certified
Fitness Nutrition
Abs after Babies Core Correction
Hypertrophy Resistance Exercise Education
Currently working towards Strong Lifting Certification
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Melissa Frederique - Trainer
Melissa graduated with her bachelor’s degree in business admin and worked in the field for several years. In 2015 she found her love for fitness via kickboxing. After 2 years of learning proper techniques, she left her corporate job and decided to obtain her personal training certificate. Melissa has mastered her craft of both kickboxing and boxing technique. And has added the ability to coach HIIT, body weight exercise, and weight lifting to her tool belt. As a personal trainer, group fitness trainer, and now certified nutritionist, Melissa strives to help others to move their bodies and eat well in order to live a long, healthy life.
Certified Personal Trainer
Postnatal Core Strengthening ACE
Certified Nutritionist
ILKB Training
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Natalie Malinowski - Trainer
Natalie is a full-time 9-5 mortgage loan originator, however, she has a passion for fitness and helping women feel their best. As a certified personal trainer with a designation in Recovery techniques and her 200-hour yoga certification, Natalie believes movement is critical to our long-term health, and regardless of the calories burned or results achieved she wants to encourage women to move for the joy of moving our bodies, it helps improve our mood, quality of life, and builds confidence!
ISSA Certified Personal Trainer
200 YTT Yoga Certification
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Ilia Maria - Trainer
Ilia Maria is a versatile trainer and lover of all different types of movements. You’ll come to her class and end up leaving empowered, confident, and strong. Her main purpose as a coach is to guide women to reach their highest potential through movement and affirmations - whether it be dance, lifting weights, having a stretching flow, or cardio. Ilia has a strong background in dance and earned her BA in Dance & Psychology. She received her Zumba License and created her own style of dance cardio called Move Ya Hips. In 2019 she received her ACE Personal Training certification and shortly after ACE Nutrition Coach Specialization. Ilia's goal as a trainer is to continue learning in order to better serve her community and help women to reach their goals and improve their quality of life.
ACE Certified Personal Trainer
ACE Nutrition Coach Specialization
BA in Dance & Psychology
Zumba Licenced
The Pain-Free Performance Specialization Course