A native of Richmond, VA, Paula began her teaching career 36 years ago by instituting the very first after school aerobics program for J.R. Tucker Highschool. She spent 2 years in Baltimore, MD as General Manager of Lynne Brick’s Wome’s Health and Fitness where she was chosen the 1996 Brick Bodies Instructor of the Year. She returned to Richmond and assumed a General Manager position with Victory Ladies Fitness Centers for the next 7 years. She currently teaches at various clubs and has a wide variety of personal training clients including stroke victims, professional athletes, and seniors. Paula has appeared in several videos. She has past certifications with AAAI and ISCA. Her current certifications thru IFTA, AFAA, and FITOUR include Personal Training, Group Exercise, Step, Indoor Cycling, Pilates and an AFAA Provider. Her disciplines include a variety of Resist-a-ball, Hi-Low, Multi-Step, Kickboxing, Strength Training, Core, Pilates, Pilaba, HIIT, TRX, Bootcamp, and Senior Fitness.
Paula resides in Richmond with her wonderful family and spends her free time on the baseball field, basketball court, wrestling mat, and traveling.
Having been a professional singer for most of her life, she believes in teaching to good music that she can sing to. So plan to have alot of hard working fun in her classes.