Alesya Bogaevskaya, Ph.D., is an ACE-certified personal trainer and group fitness instructor, Can-Fit-Pro member and a Registered Yoga Teacher.

Alesya started her fitness career in Russia as an aerobics instructor and ballroom dance teacher while working in academia. Later, during her doctoral studies and research on population aging and public policy on employment at Virginia Tech University, Alesya realized how important it is to promote fitness and a healthy lifestyle for national wellbeing. She moved from the US to Canada, and from academia to the fitness world, and became an ACE-certified personal trainer and group fitness instructor, registered yoga teacher and Pilates instructor. Alesya incorporates her knowledge of social psychology, sociology, human kinetics and anatomy into her fitness training. She encourages her clients to establish realistic goals and action plans to achieve the greatest possible results on their journey to fitness and a healthy lifestyle.