Congrats to Anna, our February Mom of the Month!

Anna has been a part of Our Village since her oldest was in her womb. We love her smile and energy she brings to our classes, book club, and all the other events she attends! We are so grateful to have Anna and her crew in our community!

Get to know Anna

Hometown: Brussels, Belgium

Tell us who is in your family: My husband, Jeff, and my two kids Nathan (5) and Maddie (almost 3).

Current/Previous Career: I work for a biopharma company in Covid-19 and emerging virus communications.

What was your childhood ambition? To be a teacher (until a kid who shall remain nameless joined my class and put me off the idea) or a doctor.

What does motherhood mean to you? To the world you may be one person; but to your children you are the world.

What is the farthest you have been away from home? I love and live to travel. The furthest place I've been without kids is Japan (would highly recommend) and with kids is Europe (probably Sweden or France and hoping to make it to Italy this year).

How did you find FIT4MOM DuPage County? I remember spotting FIT4MOM a few places online and I joined a FIT4BABY class when I was pregnant with my first (who is now 5).

How has FIT4MOM DuPage County changed your life? I love having different options for working out whatever stage of motherhood I am in. It has also helped me build a community and friends far away from home.

Favorite exercise: Cardio exercises (though I mostly like how I feel afterwards rather than in the moment).

Proudest Moment: Bringing my sweet kiddos into the world and managing to move and settle into life in the US.

What is one thing you have learned so far from this year? This too shall pass (though sometimes it is replaced with something worse than what you were hoping would pass 😂).

Tell us something about yourself that would surprise us!: I got married before I learnt how to drive (I did both at 26)