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Ariana
 

Ariana

Ariana is a doctoral student in the Psychology Department at Stony Brook University. Alongside a background in dance, she is a certified Vinyasa Yoga Instructor seeking to share movement with as many people as possible. Above all else, she enjoys pushing up against the boundary of the physical and mental realms and creating a safe space for others to explore it as well.
 
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Rachel

Rachel is a freshman mathematics major and planning to be on the education track! She has done recreational dance since she was 4 years old and love learning and performing choreography. She loves the feeling of dancing to good music and having fun, and would love to share that with others. She is excited to start working as a new fitness instructor and make new memories with others!

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Maya

Maya is from Long Island and is a commuter student. In addition to spinning, she plays field hockey and is the president of the field hockey club! She enjoys being an instructor because she loves to spread to joy of fitness to others.

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Melanie

Melanie started spin because she loves biking, but stuck with it because it's fun in an entirely different way. She enjoys exercising for the mental and physical benefits, and thinks that group fitness is a wonderful practice for people of all fitness levels to work out together and uplift each other.

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Sophia

Sophia is an Art history and Journalism double major. Being a competitive distance runner in high school until getting injured, she decided to switch things up going into college and give Pink Gloves Boxing a try. She quickly fell in love with the Pink Gloves community and boxing as a form of exercise, and is now excited to be able to teach boxing to others!
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Mingwai

Mingwai is a junior majoring in Health Science. She is also the treasure for Eczema Advocacy Network here at SBU. When she is not teaching Pink Gloves Boxing Tiers 1 and 2, she enjoyed reading, going to other fitness classes, watching movies, and hanging out with friends!