Christina Zarnowski

Christina started her professional career in the beauty industry, working for Clinique, Prescriptives and freelancing for M.A.C. Eventually she transitioned her esthetics career into managing a locally owned salon in St. Petersburg, Florida. While living in Florida, she dabbled in fitness, ultimately focusing on running. In 2013, her family moved home to Wisconsin, and once their first winter hit, her love for running was forced indoors onto a treadmill of a big box gym. Christina began loving her time at the gym and soon decided she wanted to find a way to turn that love into a career. After taking a group fitness class and watching the instructor have the time of her life while teaching, she decided THAT was her dream - just didn't know what type of class. After discovering barre, and the changes it made, she knew that was the only workout she needed, and went on to complete her first certification in Chicago. Soon after being certified, she became manager of the Bay View barre studio taking the lead in developing new content and choreography. Nikki and Christina have since partnered, founded, and grown the Barre District Lifestyle Brand, and continue to expand it into more and more communities. Christina owns two Barre District locations, holds seven certifications in barre and fitness, and is one of the few people who has been trained, and holds a master level certification, in the Lotte Berk method. She creates new ongoing choreography, and provides training to all current and future studio owners and instructors. When Christina is not at her studios, she is spending time her amazingly supportive husband, Chris, and their two kids, Avianah and Crew, in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin.