I have been in Vancouver island for about 20 years, well in Canada that is too.  I am originally from Mexico (chihuahua) and can speak both English and Spanish.  My story is really long but I will make it short.  Growing up in Mexico and moving here was one of the best decisions that we could have ever made, but coming here and adapting to the culture and structure of society was hard but manageable.  One of the hardest things that I struggled with while growing up and developing myself has been building healthy habits and sticking to them.  In school here in Canada, they teach you the basics in life but I don't think we get much education or understanding about how to be healthy and how to make healthy choices and build healthy habits.   I always struggled with weight issues but for the most part struggled to be able to feel good and healthy with the food I was consuming.  High school was easy and hard, all I wanted to do was get out and start working and learning how society works here.   Post high school, I took time off to lose weight and work (to better myself and find out why life felt hard).  After 2 years of hard work, I managed to lose 75lbs and started to feel like a new person.  From there on, my passion for fitness began and ended up becoming what I would eventually be doing for a business/career.  The main reason why I love what I do for work is the fact that I get to help people understand themselves in a deeper way.