Bio

PERSONAL TRAINER AND WELLNESS SPECIALIST

Karen has been working in the wellness industry for 27+ years. Her formal education includes a Bachelor of Arts from Mount Allison University and a Bachelor of Recreation Therapy from Dalhousie University. Karen is a certified Personal Trainer Specialist and Group Fitness Specialist. She also operates her own wellness company - UPtraining.ca that offers numerous wellness and athletic programs. Karen’s goal is to help her clients, no matter their starting point, realize their own potential and support them along their wellness journey.

It brings Karen great pleasure to share her knowledge and experience with the Mount Allison community of students, faculty and staff. You can find Karen working with individual clients, varsity athletics training and group fitness. Individual training and/or programming is available for service, or you can join her at drop-in group fitness classes that are included with all MtA Fitness Centre memberships.