Dawn Kulesa

Dawn Kulesa has coached hundreds of runners and walkers from 5k through marathon distance goals. She is the innovator and director of a women's fitness program: Women in Motion, based in Tucson, Arizona. Dawn also founded Lifestyle & Fitness Coaching, an independent fitness business in Arizona. For over 15 years she has coached people in pursuit of success and self improvement.

The lifestyle philosophy Dawn believes in: "meet individuals where they are at," inspires others to tap their excellence, while motivating them to seek out their "inner fitness goddess/god" in order to achieve extraordinary results.

Experiencing life through outdoor adventures is how Dawn taps her own passions. Dawn's fitness endeavors include multiple Grand Canyon 45 mile rim-rim-rim hikes, and completing dozens of marathons, half-marathons, hundred plus mile relays and 10k races across America. Ms. Kulesa loves to travel, with adventures including hiking glaciers and summits in New Zealand, British Columbia and the United States, and swimming with sharks, manta and sting rays in Hawaii and French Polynesia.

Dawn was awarded national certifications as a Personal Trainer, and Group Fitness Instructor from the American Council on Exercise. She holds a Master's and a Bachelor's degree in Social Work from the University of Illinois.

Ms. Kulesa is a monthly fitness contributor to a local TV station in Tucson, Commit to Be Fit Coach for an Oro Valley Hospital, and co-founder of an annual food and fundraiser: "Harvest for Hope 5k", which raises food and dollars to support a community food bank.

Dawn lives in Oro Valley, Arizona with her husband and golden retriever.