top of page
  • Facebook Social Icon
  • YouTube Social  Icon
  • Twitter Social Icon
  • Pinterest Social Icon
  • Instagram Social Icon

Meeshie Nguyen "LiveLifeSHREDDED"

 

Meeshie is a 9 year breast cancer survivor who has a 4 year old son named Maddox.  By day, she works for a software company as Manager of Financial Planning & Analysis.  She started two organizations that #Giveback to the community.  In 2009, she created D-Lux Events ( www.d-luxevents.org )  which "creates events for causes" helping local non-profits fundraise.  In 2014, LiveLifeSHREDDED ( www.livelifeshredded.org )was born after she lost her mother to lung cancer.

 

Meeshie loves running and has completed over a dozen half marathons and two marathons.  She recently started to enter bikini fitness competitions where she took 2nd and 4th place at the OC FIT EXPO in November 2013.  She then competed in her first ever NPC bikini fitness competition in May 2014 taking 6th place.  

 

More about Meeshie:  www.meeshie.com 

 

Calista Mejia "Fitness & DIY"

 

Calista Mejia is a working mom of one 6-year old daughter, married to her high school sweetheart and currently resides in her hometown of Encinitas, CA. At home, you can find her in the kitchen, planning weekly meals and cooking delicious, healthy dinners…likely with an occasional glass of wine in hand as a guilty-pleasure!

 

She is a crafty, burlap-cutting, glue-gun loving, ribbon-collecting DIY-er and a passionate fitness enthusiast…who enjoys being challenged in a variety of different activities like: weight training, boot camps, yoga, running, hiking, kickboxing, pilates & more!

 

After a work layoff in 2014, Calista put her previous corporate operations job aside, as she quickly realized her potential in the health & fitness industry. She has since shifted her career focus to become an ACE certified Group Fitness Instructor and is currently studying to become a NASM certified Personal Trainer. She has a strong desire of becoming a Corporate Wellness Coach, as her goal in life is to help INSPIRE people in her community to live & to be their very best, in this one lifetime we have.

 

More about Calista: www.mejiamamma.blogspot.com 

 

  • Blogger Social Icon
  • Pinterest Social Icon
  • YouTube Social  Icon
  • Twitter Social Icon
  • Instagram Social Icon

Culture Simmonsn "Mommy Culture"

 

Culture lives in San Diego with her ever-supportive, ocean-loving husband, her precocious, "mini-me" daughter, and their two poodle mix pups. She fills her days with being a full-time mom, cooking her family's favorite dishes, baking fun treats, reading (when she can) and taking an occasional yoga class. She holds a BA in Psychology and an MBA. Her previous careers included marketing, real estate and property management.

 

Fitness has been apart of Culture's life since high school. Her true passion in life is dancing. She taught jazz, hip hop, lyrical, ballet and tap for over 12 years and was a San Diego Chargers Girl for 3 years, with her final season in 2011-2012.

Culture loves trying new beauty products, appreciates a great shortcut and isn't afraid of a good DIY! She loves mixing classic with comfy and chic. She discovered her love of crocheting/sewing, along with beauty and lifestyle vlogging while pregnant with her daughter. Culture currently has an Etsy shop called Pretty Casual Boutique, where you can find handcrafted items for women, juniors and children. You can find weekly-posted videos about beauty, fashion, lifestyle, mommy and baby essentials and such on her YouTube channel, Pretty Casual.

 

Norris Hill  "Mr. Dad"

 

Norris Hill is  45 years old and the father of an awesome 4 1/2 year old boy named Adam.  They live in sunny San Diego since 1988.  Norris was born in Lake Charles, Louisiana, to a teenage mother.  He was primarily raised by his grandmother, growing up in the country, doing country things like showing livestock, 4-H, FFA, rodeoing, and running track.  He didn't play any sports in school like most kids, but did start martial arts at age 9, and excelled rapidly through the years.  Norris graduated highschool at 17, and worked a dozen different jobs trying to save for college, but never quite had enough, so he joined the Navy at 18.  He became a hospital corpsman stationed with the Marines at Camp Pendleton.  He loved serving and was in during our first Gulf War.  Afterwards,  he worked full time as an EMT, Trauma Tech, Phlebotomist and Paramedic through college.  He's the first in his entire family to go to college and have a degree.  Soon after college, he got into telecommunication sales and have evolved into designing/selling security solutions to businesses of all sizes.  He was married for 7 long years and although divorced, he has the best little boy from it all.  He's the highlight of his life.  Norris loves being a dad!  And although being a middle-aged single dad is tough, he's more than happy to do it day in and day out. Norris looks forward to watching him grow into a terrific young man, and is so proud to be called Dad.  :)

  • Blogger Social Icon
  • Facebook Social Icon
  • Twitter Social Icon
  • Instagram Social Icon

Kara Strait  "BUDDHAful Pics & Babes"

Kara Ashley wants to live in a world where families can be together enjoying one another in all the natural beauty that the world has to offer. Lucky residing in San Diego gives Kara and her family amble opportunity to take full advantage of a variety of free, fun and amazing outdoor activities. For Kara, capturing her family enjoying all that San Diego has to offer is priceless.   

As a mother of almost 2 (due with #2 June 18th 2015) Kara hones her educational skills as social worker, fitness instructor, photographer by exploring San Diego's inherent charm.  Kara has worked with emotionally troubled youth since 2003 and is licensed to provide clinical therapy in NY, NJ & CA. Kara began teaching water aerobics for fun spending money in college in 1999 and went on to get certified to teach spinning classes in 2007 and then to instruct kids yoga and meditation in 2008. After the birth of Kara's first child Savannah (3.5 years old), Kara turned her passion for photographing families, children, pets and scenery into a small photography business.

 

Kara owner of Strait Photos has been featured in Magisto as an avid video editor and photographer:

http://blog.magisto.com/2013/10/01/featured-creator-kara-winship/

 

Kara looks forward to contributing to the Real Moms of San Diego and is currently looking for families interested in having the essence of their union photographed on location in no where else but beautiful sunny San Diego. 

Quentin Anderson "Golfer Dad"

 

Quentin has been in San Diego for 26 years and wouldn’t want to live any where else.  While he work as a Real Estate Broker, his passion is photography and golf.  Often times he finds himself daydreaming of where he could be golfing.  I’ve been to the Masters twice and a few other majors, but, San Diego has some of the nicest courses around. Golf is a great way to make new friends and develop business opportunities.  I’ll look forward to sharing with you, some of the fun places to golf. “Hittem Straight”.

Rosario Rod "Crossfit Mama"

 

(BIO coming soon)

bottom of page