Route Fitness
The Path To Good Health
In the South of Market neighborhood in San Francisco. A short 10-minute walk from Market street Powell BART Station. The location is 900 square feet. A skylight and a sliding patio door provide the gym with natural lighting and fresh air. A shower has been added to the ADA bathroom. The gym includes barbells, weights and dumbells, along with a power rack allows for squats and presses. Two TRX suspension cables hang from the center of the gym for body weight workouts. An elliptical is included for warm-up and low impact cardio
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My commitment to helping others is rooted in lived experience. I was raised in conditions of economic instability and was exposed to abuse and early life disruption, and had no access to organized sports or fitness. By my late twenties, after surviving on my own as a minor, my health had deteriorated. I lived with chronic back, knee, and shoulder pain, depression, and the long term effects of prolonged stress. At 31, after leaving a full time desk job with unhealthy cholesterol and blood pressure levels, I reached a breaking point. With few resources available to me, I leaned on my faith and focused on what I could control. Gaining access to fitness equipment became a turning point. As I began moving regularly and eating more intentionally, inflammation in both my body and mind started to ease. Pain that once felt permanent began to subside.
For the first time, I experienced my body not as a liability, but as a source of stability and agency. As my health improved, I began sharing what I was learning with others facing similar barriers. That experience gave me the confidence to pursue my high school equivalency diploma. The following year, I became a certified personal trainer. I went on to work in fitness while attending City College of San Francisco, later transferring to a four year university. I graduated with honors from the University of San Francisco with a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology, opened a small gym, and earned a Master of Science in Kinesiology from San Francisco State University.
In parallel with operating my gym, I am currently a graduate student in the University of California, San Francisco Global Health Sciences program. I am pursuing this training to gain the policy, epidemiologic, and implementation tools necessary to advance equitable access to exercise equipment in underserved neighborhoods, particularly for adults who are often excluded from preventive health infrastructure. Today, my work integrates lived experience, community based practice, and research to help translate prevention into policy, ensuring that access to movement is treated as a public health necessity rather than a privilege.