As the daughter of a Navy SEAL and P.E. teacher, fitness has always been at the center of Erica's life. After years of participating in recreational sports, she expanded her fitness journey by becoming a certified group cycle and aqua aerobics instructor during her undergraduate career at the University of Virginia. Her first full-time job took over her time for instructing after graduation, but she reconnected with group fitness through participating in barre and dance classes. After some encouragement from the studio owner, she began teaching barre and cardio dance classes to the incredible community of women at Maiden Motion in Richmond, VA and hasn't looked back! Wanting to further her qualifications, Erica pursued a certification from Barre Intensity and hopes to share the power of the Barre Intensity format with the fitness community in her new home of Norfolk, VA. Erica believes that group fitness should be fun and accessible to all and hopes that participants leave her classes smiling and feeling stronger than when they entered.