I was born and
raised a poor black child in the country in upstate N.Y. As a teen and
while attending college, I worked summers as a bar tender (the legal age way back
then was 18), a Lifeguard and a swim instructor. I credit bartending for my
superb people skills. Those under the influence and dependant on you for alcohol are
the perfect subjects in which to hone in and perfect these skills. After
graduating high school, I attended college in New York where I earned an associates
degree in the Medical Laboratory Sciences. From there, I shuffled (actually,
it was more of a skip with a swish) off to Buffalo where I received a
Bachelors in Forensics.
After working in a Crime Lab and a Cell Culture Media Company in Buffalo, I
left for a job in Richmond, Virginia where I worked for a Medical Reference Lab. I
took a transfer to work in the Florida Keys for a year and then transferred to
Orlando, where I worked as a Medical laboratory supervisor for 8 years.
Boredom set in and I decided Massage School would be a great diversion. I
attended The Orlando Institute in the spring of 1996 and received my Massage license that
fall. I continued to work at the Lab and do Massage until the summer of 1999,
when I left the Lab and focussed on Massage full time. Since getting licensed in
Massage, I have received certification in Neuromuscular Therapy,
Personal Training and taken courses in Myoskeletal Alignment Techniques, Myofascial
release, and aromatherapy to name a few.
At this point in my life, I think I have finally "GOT IT".
I have a balanced work and social life, hit the gym most every day (and like
it), have Taken up Tennis and eat healthy. As a result, I am in the best health
and shape of my life. I am Back to my high school weight and have all my original
teeth...and hair:) I do not believe in taking pills to correct problems that are
completely preventable through diet and exercise. With that said, I will
probably get hit by a bus or have a house fall on me. Now YOU get off
your ass and move.
I am a vegetarian I choose this diet not
because of the health benefits (although it is an added perk), but because of the way
factory farms (mis)treat the animals we consume. I personally feel if people
were educated about the neglect, anxiety, torture and mutilation these animals
(sentient beings) go though for our benefit (for a lack of a better word) it would
end a lot of needless suffering. I grew up on a "farm", only my ducks,
horses and cows were pets and when given the opportunity, behaved just as many
peoples dogs do.