I'm married to Rob, we've been together about 15 years and we have 3 wonderful kids. Zach's 9, Bella's 7 and Max is nearly 4. We moved to Oak Park in the summer and just love everything it has to offer.

I work as Director of Special Projects for a Destination Services Consultancy, we're part of the relocation industry. I'm also an Oak Park Realtor with Baird & Warner.

To me, motherhood is about raising a family, creating experiences and memories together. My kids are all so different in their own ways so I hope I give them the foundation to be themselves and carve their own path in life. It's not an easy job but it's a very special one.

We love to head out on a Friday evening for a drink with the kids and we're very lucky that we can walk to some really great places like Citrine, Poor Phils and Victory. Kettlestrings is great for a date night too. We also love walking around our neighborhood stopping for a coffee on the way, enjoying the beautiful architecture. Oak Park has some wonderful things for kids from the library to the tennis courts and parks so there's always something to do.

When we arrived I reached out on Facebook to one of the OP Mom groups and multiple people recommended FIT4MOM. I'm so grateful they did because I quickly met the friendliest group of people who made me feel so welcome. I think that really highlights the best part of FIT4MOM- the community and comradery.

My favourite class/exercise is the run club but closely followed by Body Ignite - the perfect way to start a Sunday. Also, a shout out to the social events too!

My proudest moment has to be completing the 10k at the Frank Lloyd Wright race in October. I'd never run that far before and the only reason I got across that finish line was because of FIT4MOM

Something that may surprise you about me.... We owned a Texas BBQ events catering company in the UK and we were lucky enough to cook for some of the country's top chefs. We also launched our own brand of off-set smokers and put on a food festival celebrating life fire cooking. Covid brought it all to a halt though but even though now we work in very different fields, Rob's always cooking and I'm always planning events!

FIT4MOM Oak Park River Forest offers fitness classes for women in all stages of motherhood, including prenatal, stroller & moms only classes. Your first class is free! Click here to try a class.