I grew up doing competitive gymnastics until college and rediscovered the gym in my late twenties. Since that time I was addicted to fitness, but not necessarily bodybuilding. I loved HIIT, kickboxing, and weightlifting in group classes. On my 40th birthday, I found myself still obsessed with achieving my best physique. I worked out way too much to not be satisfied with the way I looked, so I started working with a private trainer. At that time he asked me if I was interested in competing, and I said no way. I could never get on stage. Three years later I decided that I needed to lean in the direction of what scared me the most, and that was it. I made a plan to get on stage and do an NPC bikini competition in 2021. As expected it was terrifying, but I did three more shows that year and am currently working to improve for another season.