Owner and Instructor, FIT4MOM Kalamazoo

• * Stroller Strides Certified
• * Stroller Barre Certified
• * Body Ignite Certified
• * Run Club+ Certified
• * FIT4BABY Certified
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* BS in Dietetics, Michigan State University

• * MS in Nutrition, Case Western Reserve University
• * Registered Dietitian Nutritionist

Takara has spent most of her life in Michigan. She met her husband, Marc, junior year in high school. After completing undergraduate work at MSU, she and Marc moved to Cleveland for graduate school at CWRU. But she couldn’t stay away from the mitten for long. She took her first job as a dietitian in Kalamazoo and has called it home since 2014. Max joined the family in 2016, and Oberon in 2022.

The birth of Oberon brought a world of change for Takara. One of those changes was transitioning into stay-at-home-mom life. With a much more liberal schedule Takara started teaching at the YMCA and Borgess Fitness Center every day of the week. Group fitness became her anchor in life. Her time out of the house. Her time to focus on self-care. Her time to feel empowered and strong. She still teaches at the Y and loves sharing her passion for group fitness with her mama village at Fit4Mom!