Natalee Ferreira

Growing up, I realized at a very young age that I was a natural athlete. Everything just came very easy to me. I played on every sports team possible in high school, but excelled on the track and field team, beating records in the 200m, 400m and long jump. From the age of 10-18, I was an active member of the Victoria Track and Feild team, and then took my love for the sport to Medicine Hat, Alberta. Here, I pushed the city hard to build a much needed track facility and formed a club so kids in Medicine Hat could experience the sport I love so much. Now our city is holding the Alberta summer games in 2008. In 2003, I fell in love with group fitness, taking as many classes as I could every day. I was approached by the manager of the YMCA and she asked me if I would be interested in instructing classes of my own. Of course my answer was yes, and I was soon on my way to obtaining as many certifcations as possible, as soon as possible. In 2006, I went back to school to also train in massage therapy. This allowed me to build on my unique group fitness approach with safety and rehabilitation in mind. Today, I contract all over the city teaching all ages the importance of fitness. I am constantly trying to think of new ideas to keep fitness intresting and fun. I believe this position is right for me because not only do I love to travel, and to the carribean two times a year, I am a natural and hard working instructor, that absolutely loves what I do.