PRO-SHOP/CHILDCARE
April DiMarzo – April is a student at Penn State Behrend. She has been working at Family First since August of 2000. April has been involved in Softball since 5th grade and now is also committed to fitness.

Caroline Ketchel – Caroline has been with Family First since August of 1999. She is currently a Marketing and Management student. Caroline has been involved in all types of sports and never tires of working with children

Krista K. Marnella –
Krista is the newest addition to our Child Care Staff. With two daughters of her own, she brings a lot of experience to the Child Care Center.

CLASS INSTRUCTORS
Karen Smith— Karen is a certified personal trainer and certified Body Pump Instructor. She has been interested in fitness for many years. Fitness is a way of life along with nutrition. Personal training has given her the satisfaction in that she can see people feeling better about themselves. She enjoys getting involved with every aspect of fitness.

FITNESS INSTRUCTORS/CERTIFIED PERSONAL TRAINERS

Carol Pribonic— Carol is the Manager of the Family First Fitness Center and has been involved in Fitness for 22 years. She teaches the Stomp classes and specializes in Abs and toning.

Garrett Arndt – Garrett is a graduate of Penn State Behrend with a BS in Psychology. He is now pursuing his MBA at Behrend. Next year he will also be the Graduate Assistant Coach of the cross-country and track teams at Behrend. Garrett has been involved in sports and fitness since 7th grade. He has always been a runner and also explored power lifting. Now he lifts weights for general fitness.

Dave Kanoza – Dave is a NOEITA Certified Personal Trainer and has been involved in Fitness for the past 15 years. He has felt the many personal benefits of Fitness including stress relief, confidence and focus. Dave sees how he can also use teaching fitness as a way to also teach people how to reach goals in life.

Larry Burt— Larry is the regional sales director of GNC (General Nutrition Center). Larry is also an avid cyclist. He believes in teaching people that diet and exercise are the keys to good health. He thinks that supplements can help once you get the diet and exercise down. There is no magic pill for better health. As a person who works out himself, he can see the benefits that exercise and nutrition has on people.

Steve Spearman— Steve is a life-long athlete participating in football and basketball. He thrives on health and fitness and never gets tiredof motivating people. He is a certified personal trainer through NFPT.

Manuel Johnson— Manny carries a strong history in sports including - playing for the Erie Invaders. He is dedicated to Fitness and focuses on teaching Healthy lifestyle choices especially to our youth.

Norine Gammon— Norine carries a strong dance background and is now a highly competitive tri-athlete. She teaches Spin and BodyPump classes which she claims is great cross training for her racing events.

Sarah Stager— Sarah teaches both Spinning and Pilates at Family First. She stays on the cutting edge of all the latest exercise trends!

Char & Jeri Gnagi— Our powerful husband/wife team—covering Spinning, Stomp, and BodyPump classes. Char and Jeri started out as Fitness Center members, took their love for fitness to the next level, by becoming certified instructors!

Patty Reynolds — Patty has brought "Step Aerobics" back to Family First. With years of experience in Step, Patty has a smooth, progressive style that is easy to follow and fun!


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