Melissa Cliche

I started in 1993 with my Primary Certification from AFAA, and began a wonderful fitness career. Several years later after receiving my ACE certification, I moved to Florida and honed my skills as a Personal Trainer with celebrities, Olympic Athletes and South Florida's elite community. In 1998, ACSM H/Fi was added to my growing list of certifications. In 1998, I moved back to Ohio to finish my Bachelor of Science degree in Health Promotion and Education from the University of Cincinnati. My proudest professional accomplishment has been my recent work with kids and fitness. I created a school-based curriculum that combined fitness/health education with basic science requirements such as biology, physics, anatomy and physiology. Using a test group of (22) 6th graders for the next 3 years this new curriculum was applied. Not only were profiency scores the highest in this test group, but healthy behaviors and knowledge were still applied over 2 years later. Their attitudes, behaviors and knowledge will be surveyed when this group become Seniors in 2009.