Just Do It: Linzi Martinez

Personal trainer, Boca Raton Owner of the production company, Happy Healthy Stronger TV Website: happyhealthystronger.com / Instagram: @happyhealthystrongerbylinzi Why is fitness so important in your life? I am 50 years old, and I’ve never felt better. Fitness makes me feel alive, and it’s the key to my positivity and my crazy energy. I fully believe

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Linzi Martinez
Just Do It: Linzi and Jenny

Photography by James Woodley Creative Direction by Melanie Smit Art Direction by Evelyn Suarez Shot on location at Margaritaville Beach Resort, Hollywood Beach   Linzi Martinez Personal trainer, Boca Raton Owner of the production company, Happy Healthy Stronger TV Website: happyhealthystronger.com / Instagram: @happyhealthystrongerbylinzi Why is fitness so important in your life? I am 50

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Linzi Martinez
Just Do It: Jenny Ho

Health and fitness influencer, Miami Instagram: @iamjennyhofit Was there something in your past that inspired you to become more passionate about fitness? When I was 21, I moved to Asia to become a full-time model. When I arrived, I realized I needed to lose more weight and maintain it to pursue my career. Since then,

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Just Do It: Paige and Kenzie

Photography by James Woodley Creative Direction by Melanie Smit Art Direction by Evelyn Suarez Shot on location at Margaritaville Beach Resort, Hollywood Beach     Paige Held Founder/Co-owner, Yoga Joint / Locations from Boca to Fort Lauderdale Website: yogajoint.com / Instagram: @paigeheldyoga Why is fitness so important in your life? A long time ago, I

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Just Do It: Paige Held

Founder/Co-owner, Yoga Joint / Locations from Boca to Fort Lauderdale Website: yogajoint.com / Instagram: @paigeheldyoga Why is fitness so important in your life? A long time ago, I read a quote: “A person who is fit is capable of living life to the fullest.” I realized that being fit is not just about exercising your

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Just Do It: Kenzie Mariano

Personal trainer, Broward County Website: stan.store/kenziemariano / Instagram: @glowwithkenzie Was there something in your past that inspired you to become more passionate about fitness? To start, I was always the black sheep in the group most of my life. On top of that, I was overweight. These two combined caused me to feel insecure and,

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Serve & Protect

In the nearly six months since 17 people were killed in the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, consensus has been hard to find. Gun-reform issues have sent people to their respective corners. The work of student advocates has been equally polarizing. And lawmakers at the national level have been unable to advance game-changing

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Just Do It

Photography by James Woodley Creative Direction by Melanie Smit Art Direction by Evelyn Suarez Shot on location at Margaritaville Beach Resort, Hollywood Beach Anais Zanotti Certified trainer/Weight loss expert, Miami Website: anaisfit.com / Instagram: @anaiszanotti / Facebook: @anaiszanottifit Why is fitness so important in your life? I’ve always been fascinated by health and fitness; I

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Friendly Foundation

A chance encounter about 30 years ago rippled to affect lives today. When Scott Mishner and physician Stuart Bederman met at a movie theater, they realized their families had something in common: their children “fell between the cracks,” as they were highly functioning and motivated but in need of structured help. From this friendship, they founded

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5 Questions with … Jane Bark Barrellier, Real Estate Professional

Jane Bark Barrellier is living proof that the world is becoming smaller—figuratively speaking, anyway. Born to an American-Lebanese mother and a Danish-German father, she lived in Paris, where she was born, for 35 years and visited her godmother in Pinecrest during the summers. Bark Barrellier’s job gave her even more exposure to world cultures. In

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Guarding Your Health

As Lisa Marie Presley traveled and performed across the country, 38-year-old Chris Kingen (pictured left) spent hours on her tour buses, slicing vegetables and washing fruit. Kingen, Presley’s bodyguard at the time, was rarely caught without a blender and a few extra bananas, which he used to create on-the-go smoothies. Presley’s tour bus driver and

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Wearing is Caring

A stack of 100 T-shirts sits on a shelf inside Nicole Markus’ bedroom. The Miami Palmetto Senior High School student, who is starting her sophomore year, has collected colorful tees for as long as she can remember. Some have humorous slogans, and others were given as keepsakes from school clubs and summer camps. “It’s funny,

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