Crystal believes living an active lifestyle and practicing yoga helps maintain overall mental, emotional and physical health. A burnt out child welfare social worker struggling with compas-sion fatigue and poor mental/emotional health from personal trials, she found that yoga helped her gain confidence, clarity and a new community of love and support. Crystal has a Bachelor of Criminology degree and received her 200 hour RYT certificate after immersing herself into the jungle of Costa Rica. She enjoys helping others to step out of their comfort zone, making yoga and fitness accessible to every body, and sharing the empowering benefits of creating a mind-body connection. Her classes incorporate movement that allows students to leave feeling stronger and more flexible on and off the mat.

Mara Fulk was born and raised in Wisconsin where she was a Montessori student from prima-ry through 8th grade. Being raised in a Montessori environment, from school to home, it was an easy fit for her to look toward Montessori for her career. Mara relocated to the Bradenton area in 2002 and has been a huge influence in the education community since then. She has opened Montessori schools, taught, consulted and currently is the Administrator of Center Montessori School. Mara being active led a life of adventure and travel, however, after searching for a reason for her lathargic feelings during 2018, Mara was diagnosed with Leio-myosarcoma on Sept 11, 2018. Her battle began and the prognosis was not good. Local spe-cialists informed Mara that her mass was woven into her abdomen, engulfing her pancreas, spleen, intestines, stomach and portal vein, needless to say surgery was not an option. After 16 rounds of unsuccessful chemotherapy, and many more doctors appointments, Mara found her way to MD Anderson where she was able to convince the lead Sarcoma surgeon to at-tempt the surgery. And now she is CANCER-FREE!!

Andre Hendriex is a local personal trainer in the Manatee County area that works with a varie-ty of clients, helping them to meet their goals. Certified through ISSA and USAW, Andre has accumulated five plus years of experience in the field. Andre has been fortunate enough to work with everyone on the spectrum of fitness, from general weight-loss clients to competitive athletes.

A few bullet points of Andre's accomplishments:
- In 2016, Andre donated time as an assistant coach to No Limit AAU Track and Field Team. Within just that one season, nineteen out of thirty athletes were able to qualify for the AAU Junior Olympics in Houston, Texas.

- In 2018, Andre was able to compete as a USAW olympic weightlifter, making it all the way to the platform of the American Open Series II.

- Andre currently works with the school board of Manatee County, providing free group train-ing to all of the faculty and staff.

Andre believes that everyone should be given the opportunity to increase their perspective about themselves. Using fitness as an avenue, not only to connect with people, Andre gives people the opportunity to really be who they ultimately imagined themselves to be

Linda Vernon actually started her career in the DC area in radio! She moved to Sarasota 14 years ago after living a year in IN working at a hospital in Radiology. She got a job in Sarasota in radiology and was with them for 8 years. Currently she works for 21st Century Oncology, one of the largest providers of integrated cancer care in the world! In the US alone, there are 298 treatment centers located in 15 states. Linda’s role as a physician liaison keeps her very busy as her territory covers the Ellenton/Parrish area all the way to Punta Gorda.
Besides her primary role, she is also the event coordinator/fundraiser for their non profit, 21st Century CARE Foundation which provides financial assistance to local cancer patients for inci-dentals not covered by insurance when they are receiving cancer treatments. Their goal is to allow patients to put their focus where it belongs – on beating the disease! Linda has been with the company for 6 years and loves all aspects of it. Linda says “having her Mother, Aunt and very close friends go through breast cancer makes it more than a job for her! They truly in-spire me!! When you love what you do, you will never work a day in your life!” It is her pas-sion to work with and for all cancer patients in her community! When not working Linda en-joys spending time with her family and friends, running the Ringling bridge, leading bootcamp classes, her bookclub and relaxing!

Key Fitch is the CEO/owner of Key 2 Life Training AKA The Pink Powerhouse, Manatee County’s premiere ALL FEMALE fully equipped training & cycling facility. Her studio has been named The Best in Bradenton in Education for the last 4 years, was 2018 Manasota Black Chamber of Commerce’s Small Business of the Year, and is recognized by Manatee Chamber of Commerce’s Better Business Council. Key specializes in weight loss, personal & group training, & athletic/sports conditioning. She is a chemical engineer by training, but has truly found her calling by helping transform the lives of women through diet, fitness & education for 19 years. She has certifications as a personal trainer, sports nutritionist, running coach, seniors fitness instructor, spin instructor & group fitness instructor. She is a 3x TEAM USA duathlete & won the bronze medal in the 2015 national USAT duathlon championship. She is also mom to three amazing sons, ages 24, 17, & 15.

Rebecca Connor is an All American success story and living proof of reaching for and living the American dream. Rebecca had very humble beginnings while growing up in Brooklyn, NY in a single parent household and living on welfare. Rebecca had always wanted more for her and family….. and as a wife and mother of four, she has achieved that. To ensure that she was available for her children during their childhood, Rebecca sold skincare products for 12 years while being a stay at home. But when her kids became of age, Rebecca set her sights on higher goals and has been a key marketing executive for a well reputed on-line brand of wellness products for the past 18 years. She says being introduced to this company and exposed to the products have completely transformed her life. Rebecca has become one of the top female income earners, with a cumulative earnings nearing $11 million dollars. Rebecca attributes her success to being an ambassador for these high quality products and thru being partnered with a team of highly motivated people who also strive to improve the lives of their families and friends by bettering their physical and financial futures

Rebecca Connor is an All American success story and living proof of reaching for and living the American dream. Rebecca had very humble beginnings while growing up in Brooklyn, NY in a single parent household and living on welfare. Rebecca had always wanted more for her and family….. and as a wife and mother of four, she has achieved that. To ensure that she was available for her children during their childhood, Rebecca sold skincare products for 12 years while being a stay at home. But when her kids became of age, Rebecca set her sights on higher goals and has been a key marketing executive for a well reputed on-line brand of wellness products for the past 18 years. She says being introduced to this company and exposed to the products have completely transformed her life. Rebecca has become one of the top female income earners, with a cumulative earnings nearing $11 million dollars. Rebecca attributes her success to being an ambassador for these high quality products and thru being partnered with a team of highly motivated people who also strive to improve the lives of their families and friends by bettering their physical and financial futures

Toni Coleman has been a licensed Cosmetologist of 33 years. She started her career in her hometown of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She has been married for 29 years to Selwyn Coleman and is the proud mother of two adult daughters; Ashley and Bianca. Toni and her family moved to Bradenton, Florida in December 1989. Toni Coleman is a founding partner of TnT’s Beauty and Barber Salon; a long standing community business located in Palmetto, Florida. It is in this capacity that has allowed TnT to have a positive impact on the lives of thousands in the surrounding communities, in-cluding the youth and elderly residents. Toni’s expanding expertise in servicing the “whole person” has lended itself seamlessly to other business ventures such as Inte-rior Design and becoming a Personal Shopper/Stylist. For 10 years, she also has been a Marketing Executive for an online wellness company and she has been a Make-Up Presenter for Younique Cosmetics for four years. Toni’s goal is to foster an environ-ment that values diversity of clientele while maintaining a dedicated focus on pro-fessionalism and customer service. Her greatest joy is for people to feel beautiful on the inside as well as on the outside. Toni has demonstrated and has taught her chil-dren that Christianity requires service in this world. She quotes, “Everyday I work hard to inspire, empower and breathe life into people.” Toni has always participat-ed in charitable work by supporting the efforts of others to improve the local com-munity, as well as in her hometown. However, she desired to have a lasting, more profound impact. So Toni prayed about her purpose and was obedient to God’s call and began to direct her efforts toward the most vulnerable, the world’s children. For the last 3 years, Toni has been a Mentor and Child Advocate for AMI Kids Mana-tee, where she earned the award for “Mentor of the Year”. Her success is attribut-ed to her commitment, consistency, respectful and equitable approach and ability to establish trust with her mentees. Toni is also a registered Mentor with Big Broth-ers Big Sisters of America. In 2016, Palmetto Youth Center presented TnT’s Beauty and BarberSalon with the “Martin Luther King Jr.’s Small Business of the Year” award.

Toni Coleman has been a licensed Cosmetologist of 33 years. She started her career in her hometown of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She has been married for 29 years to Selwyn Coleman and is the proud mother of two adult daughters; Ashley and Bianca. Toni and her family moved to Bradenton, Florida in December 1989. Toni Coleman is a founding partner of TnT’s Beauty and Barber Salon; a long standing community business located in Palmetto, Florida. It is in this capacity that has allowed TnT to have a positive impact on the lives of thousands in the surrounding communities, in-cluding the youth and elderly residents. Toni’s expanding expertise in servicing the “whole person” has lended itself seamlessly to other business ventures such as Inte-rior Design and becoming a Personal Shopper/Stylist. For 10 years, she also has been a Marketing Executive for an online wellness company and she has been a Make-Up Presenter for Younique Cosmetics for four years. Toni’s goal is to foster an environ-ment that values diversity of clientele while maintaining a dedicated focus on pro-fessionalism and customer service. Her greatest joy is for people to feel beautiful on the inside as well as on the outside. Toni has demonstrated and has taught her chil-dren that Christianity requires service in this world. She quotes, “Everyday I work hard to inspire, empower and breathe life into people.” Toni has always participat-ed in charitable work by supporting the efforts of others to improve the local com-munity, as well as in her hometown. However, she desired to have a lasting, more profound impact. So Toni prayed about her purpose and was obedient to God’s call and began to direct her efforts toward the most vulnerable, the world’s children. For the last 3 years, Toni has been a Mentor and Child Advocate for AMI Kids Mana-tee, where she earned the award for “Mentor of the Year”. Her success is attribut-ed to her commitment, consistency, respectful and equitable approach and ability to establish trust with her mentees. Toni is also a registered Mentor with Big Broth-ers Big Sisters of America. In 2016, Palmetto Youth Center presented TnT’s Beauty and BarberSalon with the “Martin Luther King Jr.’s Small Business of the Year” award.