Maria Mixon

Maria is a Native New Yorker from Bushwick, Brooklyn. Maria is a wife, mom and entrepreneur. Everyone calls her Ria. She lives in Winter Garden Florida.  

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She has been in the Fitness, Talent/Fashion/Entertainment Profession since 1991  to present. Ria has experience as a Model coach, Acting Coach & MakeUp Artist. Her websites are Riamali.com and riamalifitness.com.

​Ria started out in the entertainment business as a dancer. She danced at numerous concerts. She has danced & choreographed with several R & B & Hip Hop  Artist/groups. 

Ria studied Fitness & Nutrition and became a group instructor and personal trainer while modeling and dancing. She currently still holds those credentials along with Zumba, Group class, Personal Trainer and Wellness coach. She renews her credentials every 1-2 years. She has great knowledge of supplements, essential oils and herbs as well. She owns a Tea Company and she has her own makeup & skincare line. 

There was a time in Ria’s life that her health became a challenge. She had several diseases that made her life difficult. Some she was born with and some which she acquired during her thirties and forties. She is a cancer survivor! 

Undergoing numerous surgeries and treatments and surviving very difficult times, she refused to give up. Ria takes Wellness, fitness & nutrition very seriously and has learned how nutrition, natural remedies  along with exercise can support the very most difficult health conditions. 

Her wellness seminar events that she hosts and speaks at is called “Wellness Matters & so do you” and she has a passion to educate all into or back into Wellness! Her Wellness business is called,

Wellness Matters & so do you LLC, Which is woman owned/minority owned. 

Ria has written several beauty/skincare articles for magazines and blogs as a contributing writer and has a gift of mentoring. She is an author and wrote a fitness journal called “Becoming Well” by Ria Mali. 

Ria is passionate about Coaching ALL people to Wellness. She wants ALL to become the best wellness version of themselves.