Andrea Melo

My passion for fitness encourages me to pursue a fitness and travel opportunity with FitnessProTravel. I am currently completing my 4th year in Foods and Nutritional Sciences at The University of Western Ontario in London, and am currently awaiting an acceptance for a Dietetic Internship in the fall of 2007. I was immediately drawn to the FitnessProTravel opportunity for learning and growth within the fitness profession. My personable qualities, together with my diverse fitness instructing experiences, make me a well-suited candidate for the nature of the experience that FitnessProTravel has to offer. I have made a deliberate effort to work and volunteer as a Fitness Instructor, experiencing numerous types of classes and population groups, to gain experiences and knowledge to become a confident and effective fitness advocator. As a fitness instructor, I continue to educate and promote nutrition and physical activity to people of all age groups within the community. My experiences provide me with teaching and leadership skills that are essential and transferable when working with a variety of fitness levels. I began fitness instructing at the young age of 14 at an all women’s gym, teaching muscle tone and hi-lo aerobics group fitness classes. I then moved on to instructing a greater variety of classes at The University of Western Ontario. I am currently an instructor at the University Campus Recreation Centre and teach classes such as: Total Muscle Conditioning, Crunch (Abdominal Conditioning), Skipping, Hi-Lo, Cardio Kickbox, Bootcamp, Athletic Interval Training, Cardio Circuit. At the University, I gain extensive experience working with a range of age groups and fitness levels including students, staff and faculty. In the community, I volunteer as a fitness instructor, teaching healthy physical activity to teen girls and instruct a different fitness class each week. I have also completed over 50 hours of community service for a mentoring program for teen girls at ‘Big Sisters of London’, teaching nutrition and fitness to girls aged 12 to14 years. My employment and volunteer service provides me with such attributes including: time management, strong communication and interpersonal skills, as well as the ability to work as a team player. I am a conscientious, approachable and dedicated individual who strives to build relationships with coworkers. I also have a willingness and ability to learn new things quickly and am very able to achieve certification for any fitness class of which a resort may request. I am confident that the education and skills that I have acquired from fitness training courses, seminars and conferences coupled with my energetic and motivating personality would make me an excellent instructor for FitnessProTravel. I look forward to the new experiences and challenges that this opportunity has to offer.