Barbara is a classically-trained, NPCP certified Pilates Instructor who has been teaching Pilates for nearly two decades. Barbara trained with Aliesa George, owner of Centerworks Pilates in Wichita, KS. She is also an AFAA certified group fitness instructor, teaching cycle, barre and TRX.  In addition to her fitness career, Barbara has a Master’s degree in Journalism from the University of Arizona and does freelance writing and commercial voiceover work. Born in Connecticut, she has lived in many places with her husband, a retired Air Force pilot. Barbara and her family moved to Scottsdale in 2017 from Little Rock, Arkansas, where they lived for 17 years.