Karissa Bollinger

All my life I have known that I want to help people through the preventative side of fitness prescription. I trained early on as a dancer and a multi-sport athlete and loved the way moving my body made me feel. I love it so much so that I always had the urge to share that feeling with others, so I started volunteering to help teach dance classes at my studio by the time I was 14 years old. As I progressed through high school, my love for movement grew fonder and I fell deeper in love with movement especially with music. I went on to pursue my Bachelor's of Science in Kinesiology from Penn State University. Throughout my college career, I got certified to teach as many formats of group fitness classes as I could handle and learned from any instructors I possibly could. I took my passion for dance and athletics and was able to create an experience for people in a group fitness setting and I became so passionate about the new skill and art that I had found. After graduating, I took the plunge to move to NYC to pursue the fitness industry to it's fullest. I shifted to a corporate wellness setting to help the employees at NBC Universal in Rockefellar Center, then to Boston to work on MIT's campus directing their group fitness program, and then back to NYC to manage the corporate wellness program for Fox Corporation. All along, I have been able to strengthen my skills as an instructor and personal trainer and ultimately have been able to help such a wide network of people that I like to think I've had an impact on improving their lifestyle and implementing more movement and wellness techniques. I am looking forward to continuing to see where my skills take me and help so many more people with my energy!