Spotlight on Dena W

Spotlight on Dena W

What is your PulsePDX story? I moved to Portland from NYC a little over 8 years ago. When I first got here, I started looking on Groupon for things to do. I love dancing but had never really taken dance classes or anything formal like that. I’ve never felt...
Spotlight on Tania

Spotlight on Tania

What is your PulsePDX story? Three years and 3 months ago to the day I was laying in a quarantined room with Covid for weeks and weeks and weeks, months actually. That was before we knew we didn’t have to quarantine that long. I was too sick to get up and really...
Spotlight on Kristine H

Spotlight on Kristine H

What is your PulsePDX story? I went to nursing school in Portland right as Zumba was really taking off and luckily Portland was full of amazing classes and instructors. So I’ve been a Zumba fanatic since the beginning and right as I was moving back east for grad...
Spotlight on Mallory S

Spotlight on Mallory S

What is your PulsePDX story? Growing up and into my 20s I was always that person who could eat an entire tub of ice cream and a full-size bag of Cheddar & Sour Cream Ruffles in one sitting (which I often did) and not gain a pound. Then I turned 30. The magic of...
Spotlight on Wendy L

Spotlight on Wendy L

Spotlight on Wendy L   What Are Some Highlights of your Fitness Journey?   As I reach a milestone birthday this year, I realize how very lucky I am to have been dancing at PulsePDX for 10 years! I wasn’t able to take dance lessons as a child as I was told my body...
Spotlight on Aisha B

Spotlight on Aisha B

Spotlight on Aisha What are some highlights of your fitness journey? Well, to start, I hate exercise. When I was 4 my mom put me in a ballet class that I stopped going to after a little boy made fun of me. In grade school I hated gym class. Growing up the only active...