Co-Owner, Social Media & Client Success; certified in Stroller Strides, Stroller Barre, Body Boost & Body Well

Vanessa joined the FIT4MOM SF Peninsula team in 2021, first as a Stroller Strides instructor (Monday & Friday classes) and then as co-owner. Growing up in Ontario, Canada, she competed in most sports...until rowing completely took over in high school. She was recruited for an athletic scholarship at the University of Michigan, both rowing and coxing all four years on the varsity women’s rowing team.

After graduation and 10 years of rigorous 2-a-day practices, coaching and competing, pivoting into normal work life was an interesting shift. She moved to NYC, married her (now) husband and worked long hours in advertising. She found new communities in her daily yoga practice and early am runs through Central park, getting her competitive fix via many 5k and 10k races, and one exciting NYC marathon.

She and her husband moved from NYC to the Bay Area in mid-2015 and shortly after, welcomed their first son Ben. Between weekly work air travel and a new baby, all fitness time evaporated... until they moved to San Carlos, and she saw a parade of strollers marching past her home near Burton Park, led by a singing pied piper, Michele. Six weeks after her son Simon was born in 2018, she joined the Stroller Strides fun.

Being first a very enthusiastic client and now co-owner of FIT4MOM SF Peninsula, the last four years have been a wonderfully fun journey back to physical and mental health. From finding a connected community of strong and smart women, to building back a sense of self post-children; she credits it all to running around (with our strollers and bands!) with this fantastic group of like-minded mamas.