AMASIAN

Mari's career has been in fitness and wellness for over 25 years. She is globally certified in over 200 hours of yoga, 500-hour Pilates mat, reformer, chair and cadillac, group instruction like bootcamp, step, kickboxing, dance, TRX, Les Mills classes, Personal Training, and Nutrition.  For the last 21 years she has developed, trained, and managed group exercise teams and schedules. Currently, she is the Fitness Director at the Sun Prairie YMCA.  She provides leadership and management of all facets of the fitness department including operations, staff, scheduling, training, and budget for over a team of 50 instructors, trainers, and, facilitators as well as teaching and training her own classes. In addition, Mari is also the Coordinator and coach for Chronic Health Disease Programs such as Diabetes Prevention and restarting Livestrong for Cancer Survivors for all locations at Dane county YMCA.

Taking her fitness knowledge out of the gym and into the community Mari loves to teach and educate the next generation of fitness educators by contributing on the Madison Advisory Board at Madison College for Fitness, Recreation and Wellness Academic Programs.

Mari is a Korean adoptee raised in Madison and is excited to contribute her leadership and planning with AMASIAN and it's mission of fostering connection and growth within the Asian American community in Wisconsin.

In her free time, Mari loves to stay active. She is excited to contribute her leadership and planning to AMASIAN and travels whenever possible to explore the world and different cultures.