Mary Bartram

As a child I became overweight at a young age and had been struggling with my weight through young adulthood. At the young age of 21 I became ill with a chronic illness and lost weight quickly due to that illness. Once the doctors figured out what was wrong and how to treat me I rapidly began putting weight back on. In February of 2011 I made a drastic change to my lifestyle. I joined a national weight loss program and went to my first Zumba class. I was hooked after the first class. I reached my goal weight in June of 2012 and then in September of 2012 I took the class to become an instructor. I am currently working on becoming AFAA group fitness certified and I will be taking the Zumba Gold training at the 2013 Zumba Instructor Conference in Florida.