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Maria has been in the fitness industry nearly 10 years. Prior to this, she received her Bachelors from Montclair State and was enrolled in the Masters program at CCNY where she lectured as an adjunct professor in literature and writing. She enjoyed working with her students but quickly found that the academic life wasn’t for her. Maria wanted a change.

Around that same time Joe had launched a program, Fit Coach University, where he was recruiting new trainers, regardless of their experience, for his personal training gym. Maria, being a fitness enthusiast and looking for a career change, decided to give it a shot. The rest is history.

On top of learning from her mentor, who is also her soulmate, Maria flourished in her new career. She became certified as a NASM CPT and a Fitness Nutrition Specialist. Maria quickly acquired a great number of personal training clients, all with their own unique goals. She found it rewarding helping them meet those goals. She thought she could do more and decided she wasn’t done learning just yet. On top of fitness, she is also interested in wellness. She became a Level II Fascial Stretch Therapist. In stretching, she found a way to help her clients with their fitness and their recovery, and even saved her husband from spinal surgery.

After working with her husband in the fitness industry for nearly a decade, it is an absolute dream come true to live out this journey of Pure Fit Nation alongside him. Maria is enthusiastic about helping as many people as she can find happiness and reach their goals.

Joe's passion is fitness. His own training has varied and spans for almost 30 years! He played numerous sports growing up. As a teen he took up boxing, which changed his life and taught him discipline. At 17, he began seriously weight training. He started coming into his own physically. With hard work and dedication, Joe became an IFBB Classic Physique Pro Bodybuilder.