1. What are three qualities that have gotten you to where you are today?<\/strong><\/p>\n 2. What do you think would be the #1 thing you hope people learn from you and continue to learn from you?<\/strong><\/p>\n I believe that we are only here once on this earth. And I tell people all the time \u2014 \u201cI am your biggest fan.\u201d The reason I tell people this is because I want you to stay true to who you are.<\/p>\n All my friends are completely different, nobody is the same. Not everybody is into fitness or into dancing. I have friends from all different walks of life and it\u2019s because I just allow them to be free. I hope people really take that from me.<\/p>\n 3. What is something that recently moved you?<\/strong><\/p>\n Music. I was very surprised with B25 that I enjoyed cycling like I used to 20 years ago.<\/p>\n The music in these workouts moves me and takes me to a place that enhances the experience for me to be able to deliver a message to people of inspiration and motivation while exercising.\u00a0 So, music on the BODi Bike moves me.<\/p>\n 4. What does \u201cfamily\u201d mean to you?<\/strong><\/p>\n Unit. Family means \u201cunit\u201d to me. Scott [my husband] and I have zero secrets in our relationship.<\/p>\n We have a zero-secret policy no matter how amazing the message is or how unamazing the message is. That\u2019s how we stay close to our kids. Through physical love, emotional love, and communicative love. I think that\u2019s really important.<\/p>\n 5. What\u2019s the background on your phone?<\/strong><\/p>\n It\u2019s purple! It\u2019s just a purple background right now because that\u2019s Scott\u2019s favorite color.<\/p>\n Sometimes I have his picture and sometimes I have purple because I love him so much. I want to think of him when I\u2019m looking at my phone.<\/p>\n 6. What are you most proud of and why?<\/strong><\/p>\n Positively selfishly, I am proud of my ability to overcome triumph and turmoil from such a young age.<\/p>\n Unfortunately, being a sexual-abuse survivor, I had to learn to navigate stress. I am really proud that I am able to continually climb out of a negative headspace, and I know for a fact that\u2019s where my motivation comes from. This also helps me be a better parent and husband.<\/p>\n 7. What\u2019s your idea of a perfect day?<\/strong><\/p>\n My idea of a perfect day would be to wake up, work out, come back home after I finish working out, fall asleep watching a true-crime documentary in my theater, go get a massage, come back and play with my kids, and once my kids go to bed Scott and I would have a Ms. Pac-Man tournament, and then I would end the day cuddling with Scott, while falling asleep and watching TV in my bed.<\/p>\n Oh, and we\u2019re going in the hot tub first because that\u2019s always fun!<\/p>\n 8. If you could pick one artist to dance to for the rest of your life, who would it be?<\/strong><\/p>\n Janet Jackson, 100% hands-down! My first audition when I moved to Los Angeles was for Janet Jackson.<\/p>\n I didn\u2019t get a chance to dance for her, but I would literally drop most things I\u2019m doing to go dance for her!<\/p>\n 9. What is your guilty pleasure?<\/strong><\/p>\n I don\u2019t really have one and I know that sounds crazy, but I\u2019ve trained my brain to not feel guilty for things that give me pleasure.<\/p>\n I\u2019m in such a great place in my life when it comes to health, exercise, fitness, and mental health (I go to therapy all the time) that I am not going to feel guilty for pleasurable things.<\/p>\n If you want to know what my pleasure pleasure pleasure is, it is every single time I get to go to the donut shop and sit in my car by myself with no kids and no husband around and enjoy 3 donuts. It makes my life so happy!<\/p>\n 10. Who is your biggest role model?<\/strong><\/p>\n I have to say my grandfather. He was a pastor of a church, and he was super-helpful to the community.<\/p>\n Someone could walk into our church who just got out of jail for 7 years and he would take the time at the end of the sermon to pray with them and love them.<\/p>\n 11. What is the best advice you\u2019ve ever gotten?<\/strong><\/p>\n I think when Serena Williams said something along the lines of, \u201cyou can reach for the sky, and even though you will never touch the sky, that doesn\u2019t mean you should stop reaching for it.\u201d<\/p>\n Basically saying the more you try to reach for something, even if that particular thing is unattainable, you\u2019re still going to be able to grow, and you will be able to learn new things. It\u2019s such an amazing way to think about life!<\/p>\n 12. What is the quality you cherish most in a friend? <\/strong><\/p>\n Honestly, just honesty. Just straight-up honesty. That\u2019s it. I do not care what the situation is, I just care that you are honest.<\/p>\n 13. If you had a theme song, what would it be? <\/strong><\/p>\n Probably my favorite song ever is Whitney Houston\u2019s \u201cI Wanna Dance With Somebody\u201d because I dance in my head all the time. I dance with words, and I dance with movement.<\/p>\n If you\u2019ve ever taken my dance class you know I talk in rhythm, and that\u2019s why I love that song so much. It\u2019s my favorite song in history!<\/p>\n 14. Who is your favorite dinner companion?<\/strong><\/p>\n Obviously, it\u2019s Scott. Scott knows that I don\u2019t like to share my food so he will keep his hands to himself. And even if I\u2019m done eating, he will ask if I\u2019m done first before he digs into my plate.<\/p>\n He\u2019s my favorite because he orders the entire menu and I think it\u2019s hilarious because he never finishes all the food \u2014 he just thinks he\u2019s going to be hungry forever, which he never is! I also just love looking at him!<\/p>\n 15. What makes you laugh no matter what?<\/strong><\/p>\n My LGBTQ community. There is a cultural way of communication that people just don\u2019t know. I just love the gay community! I think it\u2019s a happy community and 100% of us came from a place where we were hiding who we were.<\/p>\n So, when we can be free, it is so much fun, and you can just laugh and have a good time.<\/p>\n 16. What\u2019s a skill you would like to learn?<\/strong><\/p>\n Being good at massages! I have little pains after I teach because my job as a trainer is very strenuous, and I always wish there was a PT person right there waiting to help me. I\u2019m starting with massage, and then going to get into scraping and stretch therapy.<\/p>\n 17. What is the most adventurous thing you have ever done?<\/strong><\/p>\n Surprising my husband when he turned 40 with a trip around the world. We started in Phoenix, Arizona, then went to Oakland, California, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Sydney, Dubai, South Africa, Germany, Miami, Turks & Caicos, Aruba, and Panama, and then finished in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n We only had a backpack and a small roller board. In Africa, we would wash our clothes in the tub. 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