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Meet Lerena Recio! Originally from the lone star state, Texas. At an early age she discovered her love for fitness through dance, cheer, and a wide range of sports. Health and fitness have always been a huge part of her life. She encourages and teaches her children as well as others, the value of both! In 2013, she began her Dental career specializing in Orthodontics. Her husband, a member of the U.S. Coast Guard for the past 12 years, has given their family the opportunity to meet and make amazing friendships as well as travel and explore so many places such as Alaska, Hawaii and now Newport! In her spare time she enjoys any and every adventure the outdoors have to offer, a jack of all trades when it comes to crafts, she loves gatherings, and is a foodie at heart! Lerena found Studio Barre Newport in the Spring of 2019. She was hooked from the friendly atmosphere and empowering, energetic and elevating vibes that thrived throughout the studio! Lerena loved SBN so much she decided to become part of the team. Her hopes as an instructor are to help inspire you to reach and achieve your goals here at Studio Barre Newport!
Born and raised in Bristol, Carmen loves living right by the water. She graduated from the University of Rhode Island in 2017 with a bachelors in Human Development and Family Studies. Carmen always knew she wanted to work with children but was not sure in what capacity. After working at an after school program she soon decided to pursue a Masters in the Art of Teaching at RIC, and hopes to teach elementary education when she graduates. Carmen has always been active, however, she has never felt as challenged as she is when taking a barre class. The rewarding feeling after taking class, as well as the warm and welcoming community is what hooked her. She believes nothing is better than being challenged with such a motivating and humble group surrounding her.
Ariana was born and raised just North of Boston, but has considered herself a Newport local for the last 6 years. She graduated from Salve Regina University with a Bachelors in Marketing and a Masters in Business Administration. Ariana discovered Studio Barre during graduate school where she fell in love with the challenging yet sassy workout, and stayed for the supportive, uplifting community! Her combined background in cheerleading, lacrosse, and dance brought her to consider becoming a {barre}tender. SB has increased her overall confidence, leaving her feeling better than ever!
Ariana loves spending time with her family, cooking new and exciting meals, traveling the world, working at a nutrition club (our neighbor!) and spending summers barefoot by the ocean. Take her class and ask about one of the 18 countries she’s travelled to, or her favorite dish to whip up! She’ll be sure to make you shake, sweat, and sparkle.
Dalya grew up between California and the Middle East and wound up graduating with a BA in Psychology from Beirut, Lebanon. She is fluent in Arabic, has a background in HR and literally used to work in a chocolate factory! She moved to the island 2 years ago, and in her free time she spends her time keeping active and just hanging out with her son. Her sister convinced her to try barre two years ago and has been tucking with us ever since!
Kara was born right here in Newport , Rhode Island and has lived on Aquidneck Island her whole life. She developed her love for fitness playing sports all throughout high school. She started teaching fitness classes while attending the University of Rhode Island where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing. Kara works in home care as a registered nurse for Visiting Nurse Home and Hospice seeing patients in Newport and Middletown.
Over the years Kara has also received certifications for teaching yoga, Pilates, boxing, step classes, high and low impact classes and most recently Barre. In her free time she loves to walk the beach or Cliff Walk, garden, decorate, go antiquing, ski and travel with her husband and their 5 children. Kara has been around the globe from Australia to South Africa to Ireland and most recently to the Amalfi Coast in Italy but Newport will always be her home. Kara discovered Studio Barre Newport about 4 years ago and was hooked immediately on the challenging , effective classes and super positive environment and staff!
Caroline fell in love with Newport when she moved here in 2010. After graduating from The University of Vermont with B.A. in English, she spent several years in Boston working in sales in the technology industry. She then spent a summer in Nantucket, returned to her hometown East Greenwich, and found her way to Aquidneck Island. Caroline lives in the 5th Ward of Newport, and sells residential real estate full time as a realtor with Remax Professionals of Newport, on The Fitzpatrick Team.
Sports and fitness have always been a passion of Caroline’s, and she’s always wanted to teach class. She was hooked since day 1 at Studio Barre and transitioned from a regular class attendee, to barre maven, and is now thrilled to have become a barretender!
Introducing the beautiful, Madelyn beck! madelyn has been taking classes with us since may of 2015 and loved it so much that she decided to begin barre{tending} in February 2018! born and raised in Newport, Maddie earned her bachelors degree in anthropolgy from Rhode Island college. maddie grew up dancing hip hop, played volleyball, ran cross country and is a former zumba instructor. it’s no wonder she is a perfect fit for our team. when she isn’t at the barre she enjoys traveling the world. Come take one or her classes and ask her about her journeys to South America, the Caribbean, Europe and her upcoming trip to Egypt!
Tay was born in warwick, ri but feels her true home is the coastal town of newport. after attending salve regina university for elementary/special education she hasn’t been able to completely shake the island life. she enjoys indulging in a good read, wearing sandals in the winter, and organizing… everything and anything! she juggles many roles along with her “barreista” duties: teaching in an elementary school, nannying, and is progressively studying for her certification in essential oil aromatherapy. due to her dance background she decided to give studio barre a try and is proud to say she never looked back. the physical and mental challenge of barre is grounding… making it easier for her to maintain a more balanced, healthy and productive lifestyle. tay believes that due to studio barre’s upbeat, encouraging, and incredibly close-knit community she is the happiest and most confident she has ever been. she wants everyone to feel as jazzy and beautiful as she does while sweat-sparkling in some kickass active wear at the barre!
crystal grew up in rehoboth, ma. she began dancing at the age of 4 and continued through college. she has always had a passion for performance and fitness. in high school, competitive dance and cheerleading managed to keep her active mind grounded. at 16, she won a gold medal in dance aerobics at the junior olympics in the super dome in new orleans. shortly after, she discovered modern dance and fell in love. she then went to dean college to major in dance. it was there that she discovered theatre and became a member of both the theatre and dance companies as well as president of the national honor society. she graduated with an a.a. in dance pedagogy with a minor in music. directly after, she auditioned for alvin ailey and was accepted to spend the summer in nyc training with them. during that summer she felt more and more drawn to acting. continuing her studies at l.i.u. c.w. post, she received a b.f.a. in theatre. after touring with a show in europe, she collaborated with her friend and writer laura gerhieser to write a one-woman show, “unearthing lilth”. she performed and choreographed the show in ny and was invited to perform at the american theatre festival in maryland. she received an award for performance from the kennedy center. after taking a break from performance, she moved home from ny and is thrilled to have stumbled upon studio barre! she loves the healthy environment that it fosters and is so excited to reconnect with her body along with like minded individuals. she cannot wait to see where this part of the journey leads!
Sydney grew up in Longmeadow, Massachusetts and moved to Newport three years ago to attend Salve Regina University. She is a european history major and philosophy minor. After playing volleyball and ultimate frisbee in high school, Sydney was looking for a way to stay active in Newport. She was introduced to barre by her roommate, Emma, who is a barretender at Studio Barre! Sydney instantly fell in love with the studio and the close knit community!
emma grew up in northampton, massachusetts and moved to newport three years ago when she began studying social work at salve regina university. her background in ballet started young, at age 5, when she joined pioneer valley ballet’s pre-professional training program. during her training at pvb she performed in over 13 seasons of the nutcracker, and various other full-length ballets. after graduating from high school and her ballet company, she wanted to branch out and try new types of exercise. after trying just about everything, emma found barre and fell in love with how close to home she felt inside the studio. once she noticed how her confidence, strength and overall dancers body started to come back she became hooked, knowing that she needed to become a teacher of this amazing class!
rebecca grew up in fall river, ma and started studying classical ballet at the dance academy at the age of five where she discovered her love of dance and movement. while training there, she performed with the spindle city ballet for 8 seasons. she later attended the university of rhode island and obtained a bachelor of science in kinesiology. while at uri, rebecca completed a directed study at the university of hawaii at manoa, where she studied the use of exercise as medicine and the mind, body connection of exercise. that is where she found her true passion for not only health and wellness but for teaching others to love it as well. the fun-loving atmosphere at studio barre and the challenge the workout gives to clients of any fitness level and ability really stood out to rebecca. it truly is the perfect place for anyone to fall in love with exercise!!
jen, a native of aquidneck island, currently resides in middletown. a 2016 cum laude graduate of rhode island college, she earned her bachelor’s in elementary education with a concentration in special education of students with mild/moderate and severe intellectual disabilities. jen is currently the life skills special education teacher at tiverton high school. you can also catch her serving tables at the red parrot downtown. jen took her first barre class in 2015 when her best friend, devyn, became a barretender. she was instantly hooked and has been an avid tucker ever since!
jillian grew up in tiverton, ri and has lived in newport for the past 5 years. she studied early childhood education at the university of rhode island and continued post graduate at rhode island college, earning a masters in early childhood special education. jillian works for an early intervention agency throughout ri and works with the landing and lobster bar restaurants during the summer months. jillian loves to attend barre classes since taking her first class with studio barre newport in january 2015 where she became instantly obsessed! she has made so many connections with current and past clients and enjoys the close knit feel the studio generates. jillian has a strong passion for working with and helping people. she is so excited to be joining the studio barre family!
tanis spent most of her life in massachusetts before recently moving to the coast of rhode island. her early career was spent as an advertising manager for a pharmaceutical chain and a free lance writer before she became a full time stay at home mom to her four children. in 1995 she founded the celiac support group for children, inc. and subsequently camp celiac, the largest attended camp in the world dedicated to gluten-free children. tanis fell in love with barre after her business partner and daughter, kelsey, introduced her to it. completely amazed at how fast she saw results in her strength, posture and overall physique, she knew that becoming a studio barre owner was the next chapter in her life. when not at the barre, tanis can be found at the seashore, where her passion for sun, surf and fresh air is met. she values time spent with family, gardening and is an avid walker.