Ann R
Ann was born and raised in the Flint, Michigan area, the youngest of 11 children. During her senior year of high school, she started teaching group exercise classes which inspired her to pursue education in health and fitness. She attended Alma College where she achieved a Bachelor’s Degree majoring in Exercise and Health Science and was an EHS Honor Society member.
After graduation, she moved to Houston, Texas for a job in the employee fitness center at the Enron Corporation where she worked for 10 years. As assistant manager of that facility, she did fitness testing, exercise prescription, personal training, wellness promotion and educational programming. She was also a very active member of the Enron Running Club, often placing in local 5k and 10k races and completed 2 full marathons and 37 half marathons. Fitness continues to be an important part of Ann’s life every day with strength training, cardio, Pilates classes, hiking and tandem cycling with her husband.
Ann attended massage school at Healthmasters in Houston, Texas and has been a licensed Massage Therapist since February 2002. She enjoys doing bodywork on fellow fitness enthusiasts and focuses her work on injury prevention, recovery and stress management. Achieving the Club Pilates Teacher Certification was a very challenging and rewarding journey for Ann and continues to inspire her to reach for greater heights every day.
Ann has been sight-impaired since age 3 due to congenital macular degeneration. Her disability, although frustrating at times, does not define her and is more often the source of self motivation, drive and desire to succeed and exceed all expectations. One of her favorite quotes comes from Helen Keller:
“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.”