Education:

University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama

Degree: Master's in Education

Major: Exercise Technology

Graduation: March 1996

Millsaps College, Jackson, Mississippi

Degree: Bachelor of Arts

Major: English

Graduation: May 1991

University of New Orleans, Innsbruck, Austria

Summer School Program

June 1989 to August 1989

Work Experience:

May 1997 to Present

Life Plus Personal Fitness Training, Mobile, AL | Exercise Physiologist/Personal Trainer

Responsible for the development and implementation of individualized exercise programs for the people in the community. Performs initial and follow-up fitness asessments, exercise prescription and develops resistance training programs.

June 1994 to June 1998

Providence Hospital - Rehabilitation and Wellness Center, Mobile, AL | Exercise Physiologist

Responsible for the supervision of Cardiac, Pulmonary, Adult, and Employee Rehabilitation and Wellness Programs. Performs blood pressure monitoring, submaximal fitness testing, resistance training assessments, exercise prescription, three-lead ECG monitoring, patient education, and program development.

January 1996 to March 1996

University of South Alabama - Cardiac Rehabilitation Program, Mobile, AL | Internship

Assisted professional staff with the supervision of cardiac patients. Performed blood pressure and heart rate monitoring, exercise prescription, patient education, and charting. Clinical observations included heart catherizations, stress testing, 12-lead electrocardiography, and echocardiograms.

June 1993 to September 1993

Providence Hospital - Cardiology, Mobile, AL | Clerical Assistant

Worked in the reception area assisting patients, answering phones, and filing GXT and heart catherization reports in patient files.

Professional Memberships:

American College of Sports Medicine - Member 1996

American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance - Member 1996

Activities:

American Heart Association, Mobile, AL

Volunteered as a coordinator and a participant for several fund-raising events sponsored by the American Heart Association.

University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL

February 1992 to May 1992

Volunteered in the physical therapy department transporting patients and assisting with their exercises.

Rotary Rehabilitaion Hospital, Mobile, AL

November 1991 to January 1992

Volunteered in the therapuetic recreation and physical therapy departments.

References: Available upon request.