Mercedes is a Detroit, Michigan area native but has been calling Portland home since just after graduating from college. She has a long history with both kids and fitness. She has a BA in psychology from the University of Michigan (GO BLUE!!!), is AMI trained at the Primary level at MNW (and ran her own school for 9 years) and has an M.Ed. from Loyola College in Baltimore. 

She is certified as both a Personal Fitness Trainer and Group Exercise Instructor, and is experienced in teaching many different fitness formats and modalities. She is also the mom of 2 kids, 2 crazy dogs and at last count, 2 fish. She enjoys spending time with her family, traveling, reading voraciously and making things. And she is super excited to get your kiddos moving!!